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Percentage Change Worksheet

Percentage lesson 12: Percentage change: up or down? · Set 715 · 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.A number changes from 20 to 18. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% increase (b) 2% increase (c) 2% decrease (d) 10% decrease
  2. 2.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹150 to ₹90. What is the percentage change?
  3. 3.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹80 to ₹40. What is the percentage change?
  4. 4.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹25 to ₹38. What is the percentage change?
  5. 5.A number changes from 400 to 320. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% increase (b) 25% decrease (c) 20% decrease (d) 20% increase
  6. 6.The price of a torch changes from ₹120 to ₹54. What is the percentage change?
  7. 7.A number changes from 60 to 78. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 30% increase (b) 18% decrease (c) 30% decrease (d) 18% increase
  8. 8.The price of a table fan changes from ₹100 to ₹59. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.A number changes from 500 to 545. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 9% decrease (b) 45% decrease (c) 9% increase (d) 45% increase
  10. 10.A number changes from 150 to 111. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 39% decrease (b) 26% increase (c) 26% decrease (d) 39% increase
  11. 11.The price of a school bag changes from ₹100 to ₹70. What is the percentage change?
  12. 12.The price of a school bag changes from ₹60 to ₹33. What is the percentage change?
  13. 13.The price of a torch changes from ₹40 to ₹80. What is the percentage change?
  14. 14.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹50 to ₹73. What is the percentage change?
  15. 15.A number changes from 80 to 120. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% decrease (b) 40% increase (c) 50% increase (d) 40% decrease
  16. 16.The price of a football changes from ₹300 to ₹480. What is the percentage change?
  17. 17.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹20 to ₹13. What is the percentage change?
  18. 18.A number changes from 60 to 39. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 21% increase (b) 35% decrease (c) 21% decrease (d) 35% increase
  19. 19.The price of a torch changes from ₹20 to ₹14. What is the percentage change?
  20. 20.The price of a storybook changes from ₹500 to ₹420. What is the percentage change?
  21. 21.The price of a table fan changes from ₹25 to ₹48. What is the percentage change?
  22. 22.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹400 to ₹440. What is the percentage change?
  23. 23.A number changes from 60 to 66. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% decrease (b) 10% increase (c) 6% increase (d) 10% decrease
  24. 24.The price of a toy car changes from ₹50 to ₹42. What is the percentage change?
  25. 25.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹40 to ₹18. What is the percentage change?
  26. 26.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹100 to ₹81. What is the percentage change?
  27. 27.The price of a storybook changes from ₹50 to ₹61. What is the percentage change?
  28. 28.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹20 to ₹10. What is the percentage change?
  29. 29.The price of a toy car changes from ₹50 to ₹46. What is the percentage change?
  30. 30.A number changes from 80 to 104. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 24% decrease (b) 30% decrease (c) 30% increase (d) 24% increase
  31. 31.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹100 to ₹82. What is the percentage change?
  32. 32.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹40 to ₹58. What is the percentage change?
  33. 33.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹150 to ₹201. What is the percentage change?
  34. 34.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹50 to ₹91. What is the percentage change?
  35. 35.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹80 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
  36. 36.The price of a kite changes from ₹25 to ₹10. What is the percentage change?
  37. 37.The price of a kite changes from ₹40 to ₹20. What is the percentage change?
  38. 38.A number changes from 500 to 835. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 67% increase (b) 67% decrease (c) 77% decrease (d) 77% increase
  39. 39.The price of a torch changes from ₹60 to ₹27. What is the percentage change?
  40. 40.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹200 to ₹286. What is the percentage change?

Answer key

  1. 10% decrease
  2. 40
  3. 50
  4. 52
  5. 20% decrease
  6. 55
  7. 30% increase
  8. 41
  9. 9% increase
  10. 26% decrease
  11. 30
  12. 45
  13. 100
  14. 46
  15. 50% increase
  16. 60
  17. 35
  18. 35% decrease
  19. 30
  20. 16
  21. 92
  22. 10
  23. 10% increase
  24. 16
  25. 55
  26. 19
  27. 22
  28. 50
  29. 8
  30. 30% increase
  31. 18
  32. 45
  33. 34
  34. 82
  35. 10
  36. 60
  37. 50
  38. 67% increase
  39. 55
  40. 43

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