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Class 7 Maths — Percentages

Find a percentage of an amount, and change between fractions and percentages.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

This line is the whole of something, split into a hundred. Move along it and read the percentages off.

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50 sits exactly halfway, 25 is halfway again, and 10 is a tenth of the way along. Those three are worth knowing by sight, because nearly every other percentage is built out of them.

  1. 1.What is 10% of 250?

  2. 2.A book costs ₹200. The price goes up by 10%. What is the new price? Give just the number.

  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a bag for ₹400 and sells it for ₹500. What is the profit as a percentage of the cost? Give just the number.

  4. 4.What is 20% of 45?

  5. 5.Put these amounts in order, smallest first.

    • 1/2
    • 30%
    • 60%
    • 1/5
    • 0.4

  6. 6.A shirt costs ₹500 and is reduced by 20% in a sale. What is the sale price? Give just the number.

  7. 7.Match each percentage to the same amount written as a fraction.

    • 50%
    • 25%
    • 20%
    • 75%
    • 10%
    • 1/10
    • 1/4
    • 1/2
    • 3/4
    • 1/5

  8. 8.What is 25% of 80?

Answer key — Class 7 Maths — Percentages

  1. 1. 25
  2. 2. 220
  3. 3. 25
  4. 4. 9
  5. 5. 1. 1/5 2. 30% 3. 0.4 4. 1/2 5. 60%
  6. 6. 400
  7. 7. 50% → 1/2; 25% → 1/4; 20% → 1/5; 75% → 3/4; 10% → 1/10
  8. 8. 20