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Percentage Decrease Practice Worksheet

Percentage lesson 11: Percentage decrease · Set 629 · 40 questions
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How to work it out (The old value is 100%): Decrease = old value − new value. Percentage decrease = decrease ÷ old value × 100. Decrease by p%: new value = old value − p% of the old value.

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  1. 1.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 40% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  2. 2.A toy car costs ₹300. The price comes down by 6%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 10 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  4. 4.A tank has 20 litres of water and 5% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  5. 5.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 30% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  6. 6.The price of a torch comes down from ₹250 to ₹160. What is the percentage decrease?
  7. 7.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 88 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  8. 8.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 24% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  9. 9.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 90 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  10. 10.A football costs ₹150. The price comes down by 84%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  11. 11.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 273 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  12. 12.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 72 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  13. 13.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 20 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  14. 14.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 30 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  15. 15.A tank had 100 litres of water. Now it has 90 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  16. 16.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 148 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  17. 17.A football costs ₹50. The price comes down by 20%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  18. 18.A tank has 500 litres of water and 79% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  19. 19.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 17 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  20. 20.The price of a school bag comes down from ₹200 to ₹40. What is the percentage decrease?
  21. 21.A tank has 250 litres of water and 18% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  22. 22.A cricket bat costs ₹20. The price comes down by 5%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  23. 23.A water bottle costs ₹60. The price comes down by 5%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  24. 24.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 28 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  25. 25.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 80% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  26. 26.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹100 to ₹71. What is the percentage decrease?
  27. 27.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 17 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  28. 28.A tank has 120 litres of water and 85% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  29. 29.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 7 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  30. 30.A tank has 500 litres of water and 78% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  31. 31.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹60 to ₹12. What is the percentage decrease?
  32. 32.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 160 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  33. 33.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 22 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  34. 34.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹120 to ₹66. What is the percentage decrease?
  35. 35.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 48% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  36. 36.A tank had 500 litres of water. Now it has 320 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  37. 37.A storybook costs ₹200. The price comes down by 43%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  38. 38.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 15 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  39. 39.A team scored 500 runs in one match and 16% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  40. 40.A tank had 120 litres of water. Now it has 42 litres. What is the percentage decrease?

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 282
  3. 75
  4. 19
  5. 28
  6. 36
  7. 78
  8. 38
  9. 25
  10. 24
  11. 9
  12. 76
  13. 20
  14. 25
  15. 10
  16. 26
  17. 40
  18. 105
  19. 15
  20. 80
  21. 205
  22. 19
  23. 57
  24. 30
  25. 12
  26. 29
  27. 32
  28. 18
  29. 72
  30. 110
  31. 80
  32. 20
  33. 78
  34. 45
  35. 13
  36. 36
  37. 114
  38. 40
  39. 420
  40. 65

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