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Percentage Change Worksheet

Percentage lesson 12: Percentage change: up or down? · Set 79 · 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 torch changes from ₹20 to ₹40. What is the percentage change?
  2. 2.The price of a torch changes from ₹500 to ₹940. What is the percentage change?
  3. 3.A number changes from 60 to 96. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% increase (b) 36% increase (c) 36% decrease (d) 60% decrease
  4. 4.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹80 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
  5. 5.A number changes from 25 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 3% increase (b) 12% decrease (c) 12% increase (d) 3% decrease
  6. 6.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹40 to ₹16. What is the percentage change?
  7. 7.A number changes from 60 to 63. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 3% increase (b) 5% decrease (c) 3% decrease (d) 5% increase
  8. 8.The price of a torch changes from ₹20 to ₹39. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.A number changes from 80 to 56. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 30% increase (b) 24% decrease (c) 30% decrease (d) 24% increase
  10. 10.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹60 to ₹24. What is the percentage change?
  11. 11.The price of a football changes from ₹50 to ₹34. What is the percentage change?
  12. 12.The price of a toy car changes from ₹60 to ₹45. What is the percentage change?
  13. 13.A number changes from 20 to 35. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% decrease (b) 75% decrease (c) 15% increase (d) 75% increase
  14. 14.A number changes from 40 to 52. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 30% increase (c) 12% increase (d) 30% decrease
  15. 15.The price of a kite changes from ₹300 to ₹267. What is the percentage change?
  16. 16.A number changes from 150 to 285. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 90% increase (b) 90% decrease (c) 100% decrease (d) 100% increase
  17. 17.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹250 to ₹500. What is the percentage change?
  18. 18.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹20 to ₹8. What is the percentage change?
  19. 19.The price of a toy car changes from ₹400 to ₹360. What is the percentage change?
  20. 20.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹40 to ₹50. What is the percentage change?
  21. 21.The price of a school bag changes from ₹100 to ₹67. What is the percentage change?
  22. 22.The price of a toy car changes from ₹60 to ₹33. What is the percentage change?
  23. 23.The price of a torch changes from ₹300 to ₹171. What is the percentage change?
  24. 24.The price of a torch changes from ₹50 to ₹23. What is the percentage change?
  25. 25.The price of a school bag changes from ₹25 to ₹47. What is the percentage change?
  26. 26.The price of a table fan changes from ₹150 to ₹276. What is the percentage change?
  27. 27.The price of a kite changes from ₹120 to ₹168. What is the percentage change?
  28. 28.A number changes from 25 to 44. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 76% decrease (b) 76% increase (c) 19% decrease (d) 19% increase
  29. 29.A number changes from 400 to 352. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 48% decrease (c) 12% increase (d) 48% increase
  30. 30.A number changes from 20 to 13. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 35% decrease (b) 7% increase (c) 35% increase (d) 7% decrease
  31. 31.The price of a table fan changes from ₹400 to ₹292. What is the percentage change?
  32. 32.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹40 to ₹18. What is the percentage change?
  33. 33.The price of a table fan changes from ₹40 to ₹34. What is the percentage change?
  34. 34.A number changes from 25 to 34. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 36% decrease (b) 9% increase (c) 9% decrease (d) 36% increase
  35. 35.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹250 to ₹415. What is the percentage change?
  36. 36.The price of a school bag changes from ₹300 to ₹243. What is the percentage change?
  37. 37.A number changes from 150 to 168. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 18% increase (c) 18% decrease (d) 12% decrease
  38. 38.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹60 to ₹84. What is the percentage change?
  39. 39.The price of a storybook changes from ₹20 to ₹13. What is the percentage change?
  40. 40.A number changes from 50 to 97. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 47% increase (b) 94% increase (c) 94% decrease (d) 47% decrease

Answer key

  1. 100
  2. 88
  3. 60% increase
  4. 10
  5. 12% decrease
  6. 60
  7. 5% increase
  8. 95
  9. 30% decrease
  10. 60
  11. 32
  12. 25
  13. 75% increase
  14. 30% increase
  15. 11
  16. 90% increase
  17. 100
  18. 60
  19. 10
  20. 25
  21. 33
  22. 45
  23. 43
  24. 54
  25. 88
  26. 84
  27. 40
  28. 76% increase
  29. 12% decrease
  30. 35% decrease
  31. 27
  32. 55
  33. 15
  34. 36% increase
  35. 66
  36. 19
  37. 12% increase
  38. 40
  39. 35
  40. 94% increase

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