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Percentage Change Worksheet

Percentage lesson 12: Percentage change: up or down? · Set 24 · 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 cricket bat changes from ₹50 to ₹20. What is the percentage change?
  2. 2.The price of a school bag changes from ₹150 to ₹135. What is the percentage change?
  3. 3.A number changes from 20 to 31. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% decrease (b) 55% increase (c) 11% increase (d) 11% decrease
  4. 4.A number changes from 60 to 120. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% increase (b) 100% decrease (c) 100% increase (d) 50% decrease
  5. 5.The price of a football changes from ₹50 to ₹60. What is the percentage change?
  6. 6.A number changes from 40 to 64. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 24% decrease (b) 60% decrease (c) 60% increase (d) 24% increase
  7. 7.The price of a torch changes from ₹25 to ₹27. What is the percentage change?
  8. 8.The price of a school bag changes from ₹100 to ₹125. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.The price of a torch changes from ₹150 to ₹270. What is the percentage change?
  10. 10.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹500 to ₹565. What is the percentage change?
  11. 11.The price of a toy car changes from ₹120 to ₹108. What is the percentage change?
  12. 12.A number changes from 80 to 48. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 32% decrease (b) 40% increase (c) 40% decrease (d) 32% increase
  13. 13.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹60 to ₹93. What is the percentage change?
  14. 14.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹25 to ₹13. What is the percentage change?
  15. 15.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹120 to ₹228. What is the percentage change?
  16. 16.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹80 to ₹156. What is the percentage change?
  17. 17.A number changes from 300 to 372. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 72% decrease (b) 72% increase (c) 24% increase (d) 24% decrease
  18. 18.The price of a school bag changes from ₹150 to ₹204. What is the percentage change?
  19. 19.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹300 to ₹366. What is the percentage change?
  20. 20.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹60 to ₹45. What is the percentage change?
  21. 21.A number changes from 25 to 47. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 22% decrease (b) 88% increase (c) 88% decrease (d) 22% increase
  22. 22.The price of a football changes from ₹50 to ₹84. What is the percentage change?
  23. 23.A number changes from 120 to 108. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% increase (b) 10% decrease (c) 12% decrease (d) 12% increase
  24. 24.A number changes from 25 to 20. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% increase (b) 20% increase (c) 20% decrease (d) 25% decrease
  25. 25.A number changes from 60 to 87. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 27% decrease (b) 45% increase (c) 45% decrease (d) 27% increase
  26. 26.The price of a school bag changes from ₹50 to ₹57. What is the percentage change?
  27. 27.A number changes from 80 to 128. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% decrease (b) 48% decrease (c) 48% increase (d) 60% increase
  28. 28.The price of a football changes from ₹25 to ₹43. What is the percentage change?
  29. 29.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹400 to ₹336. What is the percentage change?
  30. 30.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹400 to ₹748. What is the percentage change?
  31. 31.The price of a torch changes from ₹25 to ₹23. What is the percentage change?
  32. 32.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹40 to ₹28. What is the percentage change?
  33. 33.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹500 to ₹245. What is the percentage change?
  34. 34.A number changes from 20 to 35. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 75% increase (b) 15% increase (c) 15% decrease (d) 75% decrease
  35. 35.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹500 to ₹360. What is the percentage change?
  36. 36.A number changes from 50 to 32. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 36% increase (b) 36% decrease (c) 18% increase (d) 18% decrease
  37. 37.The price of a kite changes from ₹25 to ₹14. What is the percentage change?
  38. 38.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹120 to ₹84. What is the percentage change?
  39. 39.The price of a table fan changes from ₹400 to ₹200. What is the percentage change?
  40. 40.A number changes from 200 to 266. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 66% decrease (b) 33% increase (c) 66% increase (d) 33% decrease

Answer key

  1. 60
  2. 10
  3. 55% increase
  4. 100% increase
  5. 20
  6. 60% increase
  7. 8
  8. 25
  9. 80
  10. 13
  11. 10
  12. 40% decrease
  13. 55
  14. 48
  15. 90
  16. 95
  17. 24% increase
  18. 36
  19. 22
  20. 25
  21. 88% increase
  22. 68
  23. 10% decrease
  24. 20% decrease
  25. 45% increase
  26. 14
  27. 60% increase
  28. 72
  29. 16
  30. 87
  31. 8
  32. 30
  33. 51
  34. 75% increase
  35. 28
  36. 36% decrease
  37. 44
  38. 30
  39. 50
  40. 33% increase

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