Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Percentage Revision
Percentage Revision
Percentage Revision
2) In a class of 40 students, only 20% of the students are participating in an art competition.
How many students are not taking part in the competition?
3) Due to leakage, 30% of the water was lost from a water tank. If only 340 liters of water is left
in the tank now, find the total capacity of the water tank?
4) Hank spends 76% of his monthly salary and saves $270. Find his monthly salary?
5) If there are 20 girls in a class of 30 students, find out the percentage of boys in the class?
6) Jack, Ryan and Susan study in three different schools and scored the following marks in
math test:
a) Jack - 40 60
b) Ryan - 33 55
c) Susan - 52 65
Can you identify and tell who has performed better?
Discount Word Problems
1) The price of a motorbike is 1,500$. How much do you need to pay if you get a 10% discount?
2) The price of a t-shirt is 50$. If you buy 4 shirts, you will get 10% discount. How much do you
have to pay if you buy 8 shirts?
3) The price of an apple is 1.25$. If you get 20% discount, how much do you have to pay?.
4) You have only 1,000$. The price of a TV-set is 1,150$. Can you buy the TV if you get 10%
discount?
5) The price of a math book is 50$, but you have only 35$ with you. If you get a discount of 20%,
how much money do you need to borrow from a friend so that you can buy the book?
6) Peter has 100$. The price of a watch is 60$. If Peter gets 25% discount, can he buy 2 watches?
7) The price of a computer after discount was 1,200$. If the discount was 20%, what was the
original sales price?
8) The price of a microwave is 1875 Euros. If the shop is offering a Discount of 20% what is the
new price?
What is the Discount?
The Store has put up some items on sale. What is the discount offered on each item?