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Percentage Change Worksheet

Percentage lesson 12: Percentage change: up or down? · Set 42 · 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 table fan changes from ₹250 to ₹400. What is the percentage change?
  2. 2.A number changes from 40 to 80. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% decrease (b) 100% increase (c) 100% decrease (d) 50% increase
  3. 3.The price of a table fan changes from ₹400 to ₹280. What is the percentage change?
  4. 4.The price of a torch changes from ₹150 to ₹177. What is the percentage change?
  5. 5.The price of a football changes from ₹80 to ₹84. What is the percentage change?
  6. 6.The price of a kite changes from ₹50 to ₹70. What is the percentage change?
  7. 7.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹500 to ₹315. What is the percentage change?
  8. 8.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹150 to ₹135. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹20 to ₹38. What is the percentage change?
  10. 10.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹25 to ₹23. What is the percentage change?
  11. 11.The price of a toy car changes from ₹100 to ₹46. What is the percentage change?
  12. 12.The price of a table fan changes from ₹250 to ₹275. What is the percentage change?
  13. 13.The price of a kite changes from ₹50 to ₹28. What is the percentage change?
  14. 14.The price of a torch changes from ₹250 to ₹110. What is the percentage change?
  15. 15.A number changes from 40 to 76. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 36% decrease (b) 90% decrease (c) 36% increase (d) 90% increase
  16. 16.A number changes from 40 to 30. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% decrease (b) 10% decrease (c) 25% increase (d) 10% increase
  17. 17.The price of a school bag changes from ₹500 to ₹455. What is the percentage change?
  18. 18.A number changes from 400 to 312. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 22% increase (b) 88% decrease (c) 88% increase (d) 22% decrease
  19. 19.The price of a football changes from ₹40 to ₹36. What is the percentage change?
  20. 20.A number changes from 40 to 66. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 26% increase (b) 65% decrease (c) 26% decrease (d) 65% increase
  21. 21.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹25 to ₹36. What is the percentage change?
  22. 22.A number changes from 25 to 39. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 14% decrease (b) 56% increase (c) 56% decrease (d) 14% increase
  23. 23.The price of a football changes from ₹100 to ₹77. What is the percentage change?
  24. 24.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹80 to ₹132. What is the percentage change?
  25. 25.A number changes from 40 to 46. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% increase (b) 6% increase (c) 15% decrease (d) 6% decrease
  26. 26.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹60 to ₹105. What is the percentage change?
  27. 27.A number changes from 20 to 12. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 40% decrease (b) 40% increase (c) 8% decrease (d) 8% increase
  28. 28.The price of a torch changes from ₹500 to ₹445. What is the percentage change?
  29. 29.The price of a toy car changes from ₹100 to ₹165. What is the percentage change?
  30. 30.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹400 to ₹252. What is the percentage change?
  31. 31.A number changes from 50 to 44. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% increase (b) 6% decrease (c) 12% increase (d) 12% decrease
  32. 32.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹500 to ₹750. What is the percentage change?
  33. 33.The price of a toy car changes from ₹40 to ₹28. What is the percentage change?
  34. 34.A number changes from 60 to 117. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 57% increase (b) 95% increase (c) 57% decrease (d) 95% decrease
  35. 35.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹100 to ₹132. What is the percentage change?
  36. 36.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹20 to ₹24. What is the percentage change?
  37. 37.A number changes from 25 to 27. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 2% increase (b) 2% decrease (c) 8% increase (d) 8% decrease
  38. 38.The price of a kite changes from ₹25 to ₹45. What is the percentage change?
  39. 39.A number changes from 400 to 420. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 20% decrease (b) 5% decrease (c) 20% increase (d) 5% increase
  40. 40.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹150 to ₹204. What is the percentage change?

Answer key

  1. 60
  2. 100% increase
  3. 30
  4. 18
  5. 5
  6. 40
  7. 37
  8. 10
  9. 90
  10. 8
  11. 54
  12. 10
  13. 44
  14. 56
  15. 90% increase
  16. 25% decrease
  17. 9
  18. 22% decrease
  19. 10
  20. 65% increase
  21. 44
  22. 56% increase
  23. 23
  24. 65
  25. 15% increase
  26. 75
  27. 40% decrease
  28. 11
  29. 65
  30. 37
  31. 12% decrease
  32. 50
  33. 30
  34. 95% increase
  35. 32
  36. 20
  37. 8% increase
  38. 80
  39. 5% increase
  40. 36

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