Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

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

Q1) There are three colour of beads in a bag, purple,blue and green. 15% are purple and \(\frac{1}{10}\) are blue, the rest are green.
a) What percentage of the beads are green?
b) What fraction of the beads are green? [ a) 75% of the beads are green. b) \(\frac{3}{4}\) of the beads are green. ]

Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Sharney eats 15% of the bar. Harley eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Jenson has the rest which is 10 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. 45% are red the rest are green. What fraction of the beads are green? [ \(\frac{11}{20}\)]

Q2) There are 600 beads in a tray, of colour purple,green and yellow. 15% are purple and \(\frac{1}{2}\) 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) 35% of the beads are yellow. b) \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the beads are yellow. c) 210 beads. ]

Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Eva eats 40% of the bar. Jonathan eats \(\frac{1}{10}\) of the bar. Joseph has the rest which is 5 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 10 blocks of chocolate.]

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

Q3) There are three colour of beads in a tin, blue,red and yellow. 10% are blue and \(\frac{7}{20}\) are red, the rest are yellow.
a) What percentage of the beads are yellow?
b) What fraction of the beads are yellow? [ a) 55% of the beads are yellow. b) \(\frac{11}{20}\) of the beads are yellow. ]

Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Ariel eats 10% of the bar. Hassan eats \(\frac{3}{20}\) of the bar. Hammid has the rest which is 18 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 24 blocks of chocolate.]

Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. 10% are green the rest are blue. What fraction of the beads are blue? [ \(\frac{9}{10}\)]

Q4) There are three colour of beads in a bag, red,yellow and green. 20% are red 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) 65% of the beads are green. b) \(\frac{13}{20}\) of the beads are green. ]

Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Kyra eats 40% of the bar. Jennine eats \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the bar. Ariel has the rest which is 8 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 20 blocks of chocolate.]

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

Q5) There are three colour of pens in a box, blue,purple and red. 30% are blue and \(\frac{2}{5}\) are purple, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the beads are red?
b) What fraction of the beads are red? [ a) 30% of the pens are red. b) \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the pens are red. ]

Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. Nathan eats 45% of the bar. Harley eats \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the bar. Julie has the rest which is 3 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? [ 10 blocks of chocolate.]