Practice

Percentages of amounts

Question 12 marksCalculator

A gym gives members 15% off a £240 annual pass.

How much is 15% of £240?

Question 22 marksCalculator

A sports club has 260 members. 35% of them are juniors.

How many juniors are there?

Question 33 marksNo calculator

A garage bill is £84 before VAT. VAT is 17.5% on this old invoice.

Work out 17.5% of £84 without a calculator.

Question 42 marksCalculator

A union has 1,450 members. 12% of them work part time.

How many members work part time?

Question 52 marksCalculator

A restaurant adds a 12.5% service charge to a food bill of £64.80.

How much is the service charge?

Question 62 marksCalculator

A theatre has 56 seats in its balcony. 42 of them are sold.

What percentage of the balcony seats are sold?

Question 72 marksCalculator

A college class had 180 possible attendances this month. Learners attended 171 of them.

What was the attendance rate as a percentage?

Question 83 marksCalculator

A training provider must keep attendance at 90% or more. This term, learners attended 412 of 470 sessions.

Has the provider met its target? Show your working.

Your decision

Question 93 marksCalculator

A bike costs £1,350. Kim pays a 20% deposit, then pays the rest in 12 equal monthly payments.

How much is each monthly payment?

Question 101 markCalculator

A bakery rejects 8 kg of dough from a 50 kg batch.

What percentage of the batch is rejected?

Question 112 marksCalculator

320 people answered a survey about a new bus route. The bar chart shows the percentage giving each answer.

Should the route go ahead?
01020304050AnswerPercentage of peopleYesNoNot sure

How many people answered Yes?