Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Q1) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{11}{20}\) are purple the rest are red. What percentage of the beads are red? [ 45%]

Q1) There are three colour of pencils in a packet, red,purple and blue. 45% are red and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are purple, the rest are blue.
a) What percentage of the beads are blue?
b) What fraction of the beads are blue? [ a) 25% of the pencils are blue. b) \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the pencils are blue. ]

Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Jonathan eats 40% of the bar. Sam eats \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the bar. Monique has the rest which is 14 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 35 blocks of chocolate.]

Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. 25% are blue the rest are green. What fraction of the beads are green? [ \(\frac{3}{4}\)]

Q2) There are 400 beads in a tin, of colour purple,yellow and red. 10% are purple and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are yellow, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the beads are red?
b) What fraction of the beads are red?
c) How many red beads are there? [ a) 60% of the beads are red. b) \(\frac{3}{5}\) of the beads are red. c) 240 beads. ]

Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Kyra eats 20% of the bar. Teagan eats \(\frac{1}{10}\) of the bar. Sam has the rest which is 14 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

Q3) There two colours of beads in a bag. 35% are purple the rest are green. What fraction of the beads are green? [ \(\frac{13}{20}\)]

Q3) There are 200 beads in a box, of colour red,green and yellow. 40% are red and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are green, the rest are yellow.
a) What percentage of the beads are yellow?
b) What fraction of the beads are yellow?
c) How many yellow beads are there? [ a) 30% of the beads are yellow. b) \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the beads are yellow. c) 60 beads. ]

Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Sabrina eats 25% of the bar. Anna eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Alex has the rest which is 14 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 35 blocks of chocolate.]

Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. 45% are blue the rest are yellow. What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ \(\frac{11}{20}\)]

Q4) There are 500 pens in a draw, of colour blue,purple and red. 50% are blue and \(\frac{1}{10}\) are purple, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the pens are red?
b) What fraction of the pens are red?
c) How many red pens are there? [ a) 40% of the pens are red. b) \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the pens are red. c) 200 beads. ]

Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Logun eats 45% of the bar. Jennine eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Hassan has the rest which is 8 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 40 blocks of chocolate.]

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

Q5) There are three colour of pens in a bag, red,green and blue. 10% are red and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are green, the rest are blue.
a) What percentage of the beads are blue?
b) What fraction of the beads are blue? [ a) 60% of the pens are blue. b) \(\frac{3}{5}\) of the pens are blue. ]

Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. Steven eats 35% of the bar. Julie eats \(\frac{3}{20}\) of the bar. Jennine has the rest which is 17 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 34 blocks of chocolate.]