Percentage Exam questions Foundation

Percentage Exam questions Foundation

​Taken from the Edexcel Website.

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​35 marks worth of past papers all on percentages.

by Miss Tinkler

Multiple Choice

Write 0.73 as a percentage.

(1 mark)

• 0.073%

• 0.73%

• 7.3%

• 73%

Multiple Choice

Write $$\frac{4}{5}$$   as a percentage.

(1 mark)

• 40%

• 45%

• 80%

• 85%

Open Ended

A bonus of £2100 is shared by 10 people who work for a company.

40% of the bonus is shared equally between 3 managers.

The rest of the bonus is shared equally between 7 salesmen.

One of the salesmen says,

“If the bonus is shared equally between all 10 people I will get 25% more money.”

Is the salesman correct?

You must show how you get your answer. (5 marks)

Open Ended

Azmol is paid £1500 per month.

He is going to get a 3% increase in the amount of money he is paid.

Work out how much money Azmol will be paid per month after the increase.

(2 marks)

​Percentage Profit

• ​Work out the profit first.

• ​Profit is total sales - total costs.​

• ​Work out the profit as a percentage of the total costs.

• For example if I spend £10 on a teddy and sell it on ebay for £14

• I have made £4 profit (14-10=4)​

• ​(4/10) x 100 = 40% profit made.

Open Ended

Renee buys 5 kg of sweets to sell.

She pays £10 for the sweets.

Renee puts all the sweets into bags.

She puts 250 g of sweets into each bag.

She sells each bag of sweets for 65p.

Renee sells all the bags of sweets.

Work out her percentage profit.

(4 marks)

Multiple Choice

Sean pays £10 for 24 chocolate bars.

He sells all 24 chocolate bars for 50p each.

Work out Sean’s percentage profit.

(3 marks)

• 20%

• 12%

• £2

• 5%

Open Ended

 T-shirts £5.80 each.

Buy 30 or more T-shirts.

Get 10% off the total cost.

Work out the actual cost of buying 35 T-shirts using the special offer

(4 marks)

​Fractions to percentages

• ​To find 1/10th of a number you can convert this to a percentage.

• ​1/10 = 10%.

• ​You need to make a fraction over 100 in order to convert it to a fraction.

• ​Alternatively with a calculator you put the fraction in and press '=' then SD.

Open Ended

In a shop, a TV has a normal price of £500

On Monday, the normal price of the TV is reduced by $$\frac{1}{10}$$   to give the sale price.

On Tuesday, the sale price of the TV is reduced by 20%

Chris wants to buy the TV.

He has £400 to spend on the TV.

Does Chris have enough money to buy the TV on Tuesday?

You must show how you get your answer. (5 marks)

Open Ended

Food Mart and Jan’s Store sell boxes of the same type of breakfast cereal.

Each shop has a special offer.

Which box of cereal is the better value for money?

You must show your working.

(4 marks)