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Percentages – Quick Reminder – GCSE Grade 3

September 9, 2021 by Simon Deacon Leave a Comment

This video is a quick reminder of percentages questions for GCSE maths, and is aimed at around grade 3.
Please do
– stop the video
– work through the question
– compare your solution

I hope the video helps and please leave a comment – thanks!

Here’s all the questions (question 4, 7 & 12 are covered in the video):

1. Work out 10% of £83

2. Find 23% of £170

3. Work out 45% of 1200

4. Calculate 135% of 140

5. Which is bigger? 25% of 80 or 30% of 90

6. Which is greater? 30% of 108 or 32% of 96

7. There are men and women at a concert. There are 350 men. 30% of the people at the concert are female. Calculate the total number of people at the concert.

8. George buys a motorbike for £5400. He pays a deposit of 20%. The rest of the money is paid in equal monthly instalments of £180. How many monthly payments will George need to pay?

9. Ahmed and Zahra did a test. The total for the test is 60 marks. Ahmed scored 45% on the test. Zahra achieved 28 out of 60 marks. Which student got the highest mark? You must show your working.

10. Sara buys a jacket in a shop sale. The normal price of the jacket is £66.60, although the price is reduced by 25% in the sale. Calculate the sale price of the jacket.

11. Simon invests £600 for 3 years in a bank account. The account pays simple interest at a rate of 3% per year. Work out the total amount of interest Simon receives at the end of 3 years.

12. Harriet wants to buy a new electric scooter. The scooter shop and shoppingforscooters.co.uk both have special offers. The scooter shop offers 5% discount from the normal price of £399. Free delivery. shoppingforscooters.co.uk offers 10% discount from the normal price of £399. There is an additional cost of £12 for delivery. Which option should Harriet choose?

Download a copy of the question here:

QT Percentages

Here’s a copy of the written answers:

QT Percentages ANSWERS

These problems are fairly popular for GCSE maths, and appear on all the main examination boards such as Edexcel, AQA, OCR and Educas.

Top Tips!

  • Read the question thoroughly
  • Work methodically
  • Leave plenty of space for calculations 🙂

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