Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Q1) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{3}{5}\) are blue the rest are green. What percentage of the beads are green? [ 40%]

Q1) There are three colour of apples in a tin, red,purple and yellow. 15% are red and \(\frac{9}{20}\) are purple, the rest are yellow.
a) What percentage of the beads are yellow?
b) What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ a) 40% of the apples are yellow. b) \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the apples are yellow. ]

Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Steven eats 20% of the bar. Lumaya eats \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the bar. Prabjot has the rest which is 9 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 15 blocks of chocolate.]

Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{9}{10}\) are red the rest are green. What percentage of the beads are green? [ 10%]

Q2) There are three colour of beads in a box, blue,yellow and green. 15% are blue and \(\frac{3}{20}\) are yellow, the rest are green.
a) What percentage of the beads are green?
b) What fraction of the beads are green? [ a) 70% of the beads are green. b) \(\frac{7}{10}\) of the beads are green. ]

Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Alex eats 40% of the bar. Nathan eats \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the bar. Jaden has the rest which is 10 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 50 blocks of chocolate.]

Q3) There two colours of beads in a bag. 20% are green the rest are red. What fraction of the beads are red? [ \(\frac{4}{5}\)]

Q3) There are three colour of beads in a tray, yellow,red and purple. 25% are yellow and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are red, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the beads are purple?
b) What fraction of the beads are purple? [ a) 45% of the beads are purple. b) \(\frac{9}{20}\) of the beads are purple. ]

Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Alex eats 30% of the bar. Joseph eats \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the bar. Monique has the rest which is 2 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 4 blocks of chocolate.]

Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. 25% are red the rest are purple. What fraction of the beads are purple? [ \(\frac{3}{4}\)]

Q4) There are three colour of pens in a bag, yellow,blue and green. 40% are yellow and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are blue, the rest are green.
a) What percentage of the beads are green?
b) What fraction of the beads are green? [ a) 30% of the pens are green. b) \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the pens are green. ]

Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Sharney eats 25% of the bar. Anna eats \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the bar. Brady has the rest which is 8 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 16 blocks of chocolate.]

Q5) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{13}{20}\) are purple the rest are red. What percentage of the beads are red? [ 35%]

Q5) There are 200 sweets in a tray, of colour green,yellow and red. 20% are green and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are yellow, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the sweets are red?
b) What fraction of the sweets are red?
c) How many red sweets are there? [ a) 50% of the sweets are red. b) \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the sweets are red. c) 100 beads. ]

Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. Harley eats 40% of the bar. Jenson eats \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the bar. Kyra has the rest which is 9 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 30 blocks of chocolate.]