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Percentage Decrease Practice Worksheet

Percentage lesson 11: Percentage decrease · Set 910 · 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 tank has 40 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  2. 2.The price of a football comes down from ₹100 to ₹42. What is the percentage decrease?
  3. 3.A cricket bat costs ₹120. The price comes down by 80%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  4. 4.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 20 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  5. 5.A tank has 50 litres of water and 36% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  6. 6.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 52% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  7. 7.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 18 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  8. 8.A wall clock costs ₹250. The price comes down by 76%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 85% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  10. 10.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹50 to ₹11. What is the percentage decrease?
  11. 11.A tank has 20 litres of water and 50% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  12. 12.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 15 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  13. 13.A tank had 80 litres of water. Now it has 24 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  14. 14.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 276 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  15. 15.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 24 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  16. 16.A lunch box costs ₹25. The price comes down by 80%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 100 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  18. 18.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 16 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  19. 19.A school bag costs ₹120. The price comes down by 15%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  20. 20.A lunch box costs ₹100. The price comes down by 31%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  21. 21.A team scored 150 runs in one match and 16% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  22. 22.A tank has 80 litres of water and 75% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  23. 23.A tank had 100 litres of water. Now it has 67 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  24. 24.A tank has 400 litres of water and 59% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  25. 25.The price of a table fan comes down from ₹80 to ₹76. What is the percentage decrease?
  26. 26.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 91 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  27. 27.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 40% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  28. 28.The price of a football comes down from ₹500 to ₹145. What is the percentage decrease?
  29. 29.A wall clock costs ₹250. The price comes down by 54%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  30. 30.A tank has 400 litres of water and 20% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  31. 31.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 13 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  32. 32.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 122 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  33. 33.The price of a football comes down from ₹20 to ₹6. What is the percentage decrease?
  34. 34.The price of a table fan comes down from ₹500 to ₹415. What is the percentage decrease?
  35. 35.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 40% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  36. 36.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 232 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  37. 37.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 4 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  38. 38.The price of a kite comes down from ₹40 to ₹36. What is the percentage decrease?
  39. 39.A tank has 25 litres of water and 60% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  40. 40.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹100 to ₹37. What is the percentage decrease?

Answer key

  1. 22
  2. 58
  3. 24
  4. 20
  5. 32
  6. 144
  7. 28
  8. 60
  9. 18
  10. 78
  11. 10
  12. 25
  13. 70
  14. 8
  15. 60
  16. 5
  17. 50
  18. 20
  19. 102
  20. 69
  21. 126
  22. 20
  23. 33
  24. 164
  25. 5
  26. 9
  27. 60
  28. 71
  29. 115
  30. 320
  31. 48
  32. 39
  33. 70
  34. 17
  35. 12
  36. 42
  37. 84
  38. 10
  39. 10
  40. 63

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