Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Q1) There two colours of beads in a bag. 10% are red the rest are green. What fraction of the beads are green? [ \(\frac{9}{10}\)]

Q1) There are 300 pencils in a box, of colour blue,red and green. 10% are blue and \(\frac{7}{20}\) are red, the rest are green.
a) What percentage of the pencils are green?
b) What fraction of the pencils are green?
c) How many green pencils are there? [ a) 55% of the pencils are green. b) \(\frac{11}{20}\) of the pencils are green. c) 165 beads. ]

Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Julie eats 25% of the bar. Hammid eats \(\frac{3}{20}\) of the bar. Harley has the rest which is 12 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{1}{2}\) are red the rest are blue. What percentage of the beads are blue? [ 50%]

Q2) There are 500 pens in a box, of colour green,yellow and blue. 45% are green and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are yellow, the rest are blue.
a) What percentage of the pens are blue?
b) What fraction of the pens are blue?
c) How many blue pens are there? [ a) 25% of the pens are blue. b) \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the pens are blue. c) 125 beads. ]

Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Jennine eats 25% of the bar. Monique eats \(\frac{9}{20}\) of the bar. Anna has the rest which is 18 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 60 blocks of chocolate.]

Q3) There two colours of beads in a bag. 10% are blue the rest are yellow. What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ \(\frac{9}{10}\)]

Q3) There are 200 pens in a box, of colour blue,yellow and green. 15% are blue and \(\frac{7}{20}\) are yellow, the rest are green.
a) What percentage of the pens are green?
b) What fraction of the pens are green?
c) How many green pens are there? [ a) 50% of the pens are green. b) \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the pens are green. c) 100 beads. ]

Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Alex eats 10% of the bar. Lumaya eats \(\frac{1}{10}\) of the bar. Anna has the rest which is 16 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{7}{10}\) are blue the rest are yellow. What percentage of the beads are yellow? [ 30%]

Q4) There are 400 sweets in a draw, of colour yellow,blue and green. 45% are yellow and \(\frac{1}{2}\) are blue, the rest are green.
a) What percentage of the sweets are green?
b) What fraction of the sweets are green?
c) How many green sweets are there? [ a) 5% of the sweets are green. b) \(\frac{1}{20}\) of the sweets are green. c) 20 beads. ]

Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Alex eats 10% of the bar. Eva eats \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the bar. Jennine has the rest which is 14 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 35 blocks of chocolate.]

Q5) There two colours of beads in a bag. 40% are red the rest are blue. What fraction of the beads are blue? [ \(\frac{3}{5}\)]

Q5) There are three colour of pens in a bag, yellow,blue and red. 10% are yellow and \(\frac{1}{10}\) are blue, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the beads are red?
b) What fraction of the beads are red? [ a) 80% of the pens are red. b) \(\frac{4}{5}\) of the pens are red. ]

Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. Kyra eats 40% of the bar. Hassan eats \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the bar. Nathan has the rest which is 2 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 5 blocks of chocolate.]