Percentage Worksheets

There are three sets of Percentage Worksheets:
Percentage of a Number or Part (30% of 60 = ___ )
Find the Base or Total (20% of ___ = 18)
Find the Percent or Rate (___% of 50 = 25)

Examples, solutions, videos, and worksheets to help Grade 6 students learn how to find the percentage of a number. Include percentage word problems.

How to calculate the Percentage of a Number?

There are 5 sets of calculate the percentage of a number worksheets:

• Easy or Simple percentages (100%, 50%, 25%, 10%, 5%, 1%)
• Easy or Simple percentages (multiples of 10%)
• Swap to get easy percentages
• Whole Number Percents
• Decimal Number Percents

You can follow these steps to calculate the percentage of a number:

1. Convert the percent either into a fraction or a decimal.
2. Multiply with the number

Example: Find 15% of 22.
15% × 22 = 15/100 × 22 = 3.3
or 15% × 22 = 0.15 × 22 = 3.3

The percentage of a number is also called the Part.

Have a look at this video if you need to review how to find the percent of a number by changing the percent to either a fraction or decimal.

• Finding a Percent of a Number | Calculating Percentages

Easy or Simple Percentages
Remembering some of these easy percentages, will help you to calculate the percentage of a number quickly in your head.

100%: 100% = 100/100 = 1. To find 100% of a number, you don’t need to perform any calculations. It is the same as the number itself. For example, 100% of 50 is 50.

50%: 50% = 50/100 = 1/2 To find 50% of a number, you can divide it by 2. For example, 50% of 120 is 60 (120 ÷ 2 = 60).

25%: 25% = 25/100 = 1/4. To find 25% of a number, you can divide it by 4. For example, 25% of 80 is 20 (80 ÷ 4 = 20).

10%: 10% = 10/100 = 1/10. To find 10% of a number, you can divide by 10 by moving the decimal point one place to the left. For example, 10% of 46 is 4.6

5%: 5% is half of 10%. To find 5% of a number, divide 10% of the number by 2. For example, 5% of 46 is 4.6 ÷ 2 = 2.3

1%: 1% = 1/100. To find 10% of a number, you can divide by 100 by moving the decimal point two places to the left. For example, 1% of 67 is 0.67

Multiples of 10%: For example to find 30% of a 42, multiply 10% of the number by 3: 4.2 &times 3 = 12.6

Swap: If the number is an easy percent, you can swap the number and the percent and the answer will still be the same. For example, 63% of 20 = 20% of 63 = 6.3 &times 2 = 12.6

Have a look at these videos if you need to review how to find the percent of a number by using easy percentages.

• Percentages made easy - shortcut

Have a look at these videos if you need to review how to find the percent of a number by using combinations of the easy percentages.

• Percentage Math Trick 2 - Solve percentages mentally

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More Percentage Worksheets

Printable
(Answers on the second page.)
Percentage Worksheet #1 (100%, 50%, 25%, 10%, 5%, 1%)
Percentage Worksheet #2 (multiples of 10%)
Percentage Worksheet #3 (Swap to get easy percentages)
Percentage Worksheet #4 (Whole number percents)
Percentage Worksheet #5 (Decimal Number Percents)

Online or Interactive
Percentages (What is X% of Y)
Percentages (X is what % of Y)
Percentages (X is Y% of what)

Percent of a Number
Finding Percent
Finding the Base

Percent Word Problems (percent or rate)
Percent Word Problems (percent of or part)
Percent Word Problems (increase or decrease)
Percent Word Problems (profit or loss)

Percentage Word Problems

1. A clothing store is offering a 25% discount on all items. If a shirt originally costs $40, what will be the discounted price?
   

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     $30

2. If the sales tax rate is 8% and you purchase a laptop for $800, how much will you have to pay in total, including the tax?

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     $64

3. You had a delicious dinner at a restaurant, and the bill comes out to be $75. If you want to leave a 15% tip for the waiter, how much will the tip amount to?

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     $11.25

4. The population of a town was 10,000 people two years ago. If the population has increased by 8% annually since then, what is the current population?

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     11,600

Related Lessons & Worksheets

Percentage of a Number Lesson
Percent Word Problems

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