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Calculating Percentages Worksheet

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Calculating Percentages Worksheet

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📊 Part 1: Finding Percentages of Numbers

1. Calculate the following percentages. Show your working using the decimal method.

a) 25% of $80 = __________

b) 15% of 240 students = __________

c) 8% of $1,250 = __________

2. A school has 800 students. If 35% of students play sport, how many students play sport?

Answer: __________ students

💰 Part 2: Discounts and Price Increases

3. Calculate the sale price after each discount:

a) A jacket originally costs $120. It has a 30% discount.

Discount amount: $__________

Sale price: $__________

b) A laptop costs $1,800. There is a 15% discount for students.

Sale price: $__________

4. Petrol prices increased by 12% from $2.20 per litre. What is the new price per litre?

New price: $__________ per litre

5. A restaurant bill is $85. You want to leave a 15% tip. How much will you pay in total?

Total amount: $__________

🔍 Part 3: Finding the Original Amount

6. Work backwards to find the original amounts:

a) After a 20% discount, a bike costs $320. What was the original price?

Original price: $__________

b) 60% of a number is 180. What is the original number?

Original number: __________

7. Sarah saved $45, which is 25% of the cost of a new phone. How much does the phone cost?

Phone cost: $__________

8. Challenge Problem: A shop increases all prices by 25%, then offers a 20% discount. A item's final price is $60. What was the original price before any changes?

Original price: $__________

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