The document contains 10 word problems involving percentages. The problems cover a variety of percentage calculation types including finding percentage decrease/increase, percentage of total amounts, and multi-step percentage word problems involving money, populations, and measurements.
The document contains 10 word problems involving percentages. The problems cover a variety of percentage calculation types including finding percentage decrease/increase, percentage of total amounts, and multi-step percentage word problems involving money, populations, and measurements.
The document contains 10 word problems involving percentages. The problems cover a variety of percentage calculation types including finding percentage decrease/increase, percentage of total amounts, and multi-step percentage word problems involving money, populations, and measurements.
1. There were 120 members in a dancing club last year. 15 of them left the club this year.
What was the percentage decrease in membership for the club?
2. Last year Jenny’s mass was 40kg. This year, her mass was 48kg. Find the percentage increase in her mass? 3. After some water had been drained from a tank, the volume of water in the tank decreased from 500 liters to 450 liters. What percentage of the volume of water was drained? 4. The usual price of television set is $560. It is sold for $420. What is the percentage of the discount? 5. Davin spent 25% of his weekly allowance on a book. The book cost $16. How much allowance does Davin get each week? 6. Lucy spends 25% of her monthly salary on rent, 15% of it on food, and 3/20 of the remainder on transport. If she saves the rest which is $510, find her monthly salary? 7. Samantha poured out 15 mililiters from a new bottle of vanilla essence. She had 70% of the vanilla essence left in the bottle. How much vanilla essence did the bottle hold at first? 8. There are 2,000 students in Bina Mulia School. 60% of them are girls. 1/3 of the girls and 25% of the boys wear spectacles. How many students in the school wear spectacles? 9. The number of students in Tripuspita School increased by 10% to 1,650 this year. What was the number of students before the increase? 10. 45% of a vegetables garden is planted with peas. 3/5 of the remaining area is planted with beans and the rest is planted with potatoes. The area of the garden is 200 square metres. Find the area of the vegetables garden planted with potatoes?