Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Q1) There two colours of beads in a bag. 30% are blue the rest are red. What fraction of the beads are red? [ \(\frac{7}{10}\)]

Q1) There are three colour of beads in a packet, red,green and yellow. 20% are red and \(\frac{9}{20}\) are green, the rest are yellow.
a) What percentage of the beads are yellow?
b) What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ a) 35% of the beads are yellow. b) \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the beads are yellow. ]

Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Teagan eats 45% of the bar. Hammid eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Lumaya has the rest which is 8 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 40 blocks of chocolate.]

Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{17}{20}\) are yellow the rest are red. What percentage of the beads are red? [ 15%]

Q2) There are three colour of sweets in a box, yellow,red and purple. 45% are yellow and \(\frac{1}{10}\) are red, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the beads are purple?
b) What fraction of the beads are purple? [ a) 45% of the sweets are purple. b) \(\frac{9}{20}\) of the sweets are purple. ]

Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Luke eats 10% of the bar. Jonathan eats \(\frac{3}{20}\) of the bar. Anna has the rest which is 12 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 16 blocks of chocolate.]

Q3) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{11}{20}\) are blue the rest are green. What percentage of the beads are green? [ 45%]

Q3) There are 600 sweets in a packet, of colour green,yellow and red. 10% are green and \(\frac{1}{2}\) are yellow, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the sweets are red?
b) What fraction of the sweets are red?
c) How many red sweets are there? [ a) 40% of the sweets are red. b) \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the sweets are red. c) 240 beads. ]

Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Monique eats 15% of the bar. Alex eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Teagan has the rest which is 7 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 14 blocks of chocolate.]

Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. 50% are red the rest are green. What fraction of the beads are green? [ \(\frac{1}{2}\)]

Q4) There are 200 sweets in a bag, of colour purple,blue and red. 40% are purple and \(\frac{3}{20}\) are blue, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the sweets are red?
b) What fraction of the sweets are red?
c) How many red sweets are there? [ a) 45% of the sweets are red. b) \(\frac{9}{20}\) of the sweets are red. c) 90 beads. ]

Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Lumaya eats 15% of the bar. Jennine eats \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the bar. Joseph has the rest which is 11 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

Q5) There two colours of beads in a bag. 20% are green the rest are red. What fraction of the beads are red? [ \(\frac{4}{5}\)]

Q5) There are three colour of apples in a tin, yellow,green and purple. 35% are yellow and \(\frac{1}{5}\) are green, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the beads are purple?
b) What fraction of the beads are purple? [ a) 45% of the apples are purple. b) \(\frac{9}{20}\) of the apples are purple. ]

Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. McKenzie eats 50% of the bar. Sharney eats \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the bar. Alfie has the rest which is 19 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 95 blocks of chocolate.]