Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

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

Q1) There are three colour of pencils in a bag, red,blue and yellow. 25% are red and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are blue, the rest are yellow.
a) What percentage of the beads are yellow?
b) What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ a) 45% of the pencils are yellow. b) \(\frac{9}{20}\) of the pencils are yellow. ]

Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Hassan eats 40% of the bar. Jennine eats \(\frac{1}{10}\) of the bar. Sharney has the rest which is 3 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 6 blocks of chocolate.]

Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. 50% are purple the rest are yellow. What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ \(\frac{1}{2}\)]

Q2) There are 200 apples in a tin, of colour purple,green and red. 10% are purple and \(\frac{1}{4}\) are green, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the apples are red?
b) What fraction of the apples are red?
c) How many red apples are there? [ a) 65% of the apples are red. b) \(\frac{13}{20}\) of the apples are red. c) 130 beads. ]

Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Teagan eats 35% of the bar. Sam eats \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the bar. Nathan has the rest which is 5 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

Q3) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{1}{2}\) are purple the rest are red. What percentage of the beads are red? [ 50%]

Q3) There are three colour of apples in a packet, green,red and purple. 35% are green and \(\frac{9}{20}\) are red, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the beads are purple?
b) What fraction of the beads are purple? [ a) 20% of the apples are purple. b) \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the apples are purple. ]

Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Sabrina eats 10% of the bar. Alfie eats \(\frac{3}{20}\) of the bar. Sharney has the rest which is 6 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 8 blocks of chocolate.]

Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. 15% are red the rest are purple. What fraction of the beads are purple? [ \(\frac{17}{20}\)]

Q4) There are 200 pens in a packet, of colour blue,green and yellow. 30% are blue and \(\frac{1}{5}\) are green, the rest are yellow.
a) What percentage of the pens are yellow?
b) What fraction of the pens are yellow?
c) How many yellow pens are there? [ a) 50% of the pens are yellow. b) \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the pens are yellow. c) 100 beads. ]

Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Nathan eats 40% of the bar. Monique eats \(\frac{1}{10}\) of the bar. Sam has the rest which is 5 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 10 blocks of chocolate.]

Q5) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{17}{20}\) are purple the rest are blue. What percentage of the beads are blue? [ 15%]

Q5) There are three colour of pens in a tray, red,green and purple. 25% are red and \(\frac{1}{4}\) are green, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the beads are purple?
b) What fraction of the beads are purple? [ a) 50% of the pens are purple. b) \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the pens are purple. ]

Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. Julie eats 15% of the bar. Teagan eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Jaden has the rest which is 17 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 34 blocks of chocolate.]