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Percentage Change Worksheet

Percentage lesson 12: Percentage change: up or down? · Set 105 · 40 questions
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How to work it out (From the old value): Change = bigger − smaller; say whether it went up (increase) or down (decrease). Percentage change = change ÷ OLD value × 100. Never divide by the new value: 40 → 50 is a 25% increase, but 50 → 40 is a 20% decrease.

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  1. 1.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹200 to ₹220. What is the percentage change?
  2. 2.The price of a toy car changes from ₹150 to ₹255. What is the percentage change?
  3. 3.The price of a kite changes from ₹500 to ₹250. What is the percentage change?
  4. 4.A number changes from 40 to 20. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% decrease (b) 50% increase (c) 100% decrease (d) 100% increase
  5. 5.A number changes from 25 to 20. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% increase (b) 25% decrease (c) 20% decrease (d) 20% increase
  6. 6.The price of a toy car changes from ₹250 to ₹340. What is the percentage change?
  7. 7.The price of a torch changes from ₹60 to ₹117. What is the percentage change?
  8. 8.The price of a school bag changes from ₹80 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.A number changes from 50 to 27. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 23% decrease (b) 46% increase (c) 23% increase (d) 46% decrease
  10. 10.A number changes from 50 to 46. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 4% increase (b) 8% increase (c) 4% decrease (d) 8% decrease
  11. 11.A number changes from 400 to 788. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 107% increase (b) 107% decrease (c) 97% decrease (d) 97% increase
  12. 12.A number changes from 120 to 168. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 48% increase (b) 40% increase (c) 40% decrease (d) 48% decrease
  13. 13.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹300 to ₹435. What is the percentage change?
  14. 14.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹120 to ₹162. What is the percentage change?
  15. 15.The price of a torch changes from ₹50 to ₹75. What is the percentage change?
  16. 16.A number changes from 80 to 104. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 24% decrease (b) 30% decrease (c) 24% increase (d) 30% increase
  17. 17.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹40 to ₹18. What is the percentage change?
  18. 18.A number changes from 40 to 34. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% decrease (b) 15% increase (c) 6% increase (d) 6% decrease
  19. 19.A number changes from 250 to 345. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 95% decrease (b) 38% decrease (c) 38% increase (d) 95% increase
  20. 20.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹40 to ₹36. What is the percentage change?
  21. 21.The price of a football changes from ₹25 to ₹17. What is the percentage change?
  22. 22.A number changes from 200 to 100. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 100% increase (b) 50% increase (c) 100% decrease (d) 50% decrease
  23. 23.A number changes from 25 to 17. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 32% decrease (b) 8% increase (c) 8% decrease (d) 32% increase
  24. 24.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹150 to ₹108. What is the percentage change?
  25. 25.A number changes from 25 to 40. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% decrease (b) 15% increase (c) 60% decrease (d) 60% increase
  26. 26.A number changes from 50 to 100. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 100% decrease (b) 50% decrease (c) 50% increase (d) 100% increase
  27. 27.A number changes from 250 to 110. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 56% decrease (b) 66% increase (c) 66% decrease (d) 56% increase
  28. 28.The price of a school bag changes from ₹250 to ₹190. What is the percentage change?
  29. 29.The price of a kite changes from ₹100 to ₹70. What is the percentage change?
  30. 30.A number changes from 500 to 305. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 39% increase (b) 49% increase (c) 49% decrease (d) 39% decrease
  31. 31.The price of a toy car changes from ₹500 to ₹210. What is the percentage change?
  32. 32.The price of a toy car changes from ₹20 to ₹40. What is the percentage change?
  33. 33.The price of a torch changes from ₹400 to ₹656. What is the percentage change?
  34. 34.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹40 to ₹34. What is the percentage change?
  35. 35.A number changes from 60 to 36. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 40% increase (b) 24% decrease (c) 24% increase (d) 40% decrease
  36. 36.A number changes from 80 to 132. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 52% decrease (b) 65% decrease (c) 52% increase (d) 65% increase
  37. 37.The price of a school bag changes from ₹150 to ₹87. What is the percentage change?
  38. 38.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹120 to ₹240. What is the percentage change?
  39. 39.The price of a football changes from ₹200 to ₹332. What is the percentage change?
  40. 40.A number changes from 80 to 48. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 40% increase (b) 32% decrease (c) 40% decrease (d) 32% increase

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 70
  3. 50
  4. 50% decrease
  5. 20% decrease
  6. 36
  7. 95
  8. 10
  9. 46% decrease
  10. 8% decrease
  11. 97% increase
  12. 40% increase
  13. 45
  14. 35
  15. 50
  16. 30% increase
  17. 55
  18. 15% decrease
  19. 38% increase
  20. 10
  21. 32
  22. 50% decrease
  23. 32% decrease
  24. 28
  25. 60% increase
  26. 100% increase
  27. 56% decrease
  28. 24
  29. 30
  30. 39% decrease
  31. 58
  32. 100
  33. 64
  34. 15
  35. 40% decrease
  36. 65% increase
  37. 42
  38. 100
  39. 66
  40. 40% decrease

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