6.1 Percentage of an amount — Practise

Work independently. Questions and answers below come from checked practice records.

1. Work out 10% of £360.
2. Work out 25% of 84.
3. Work out 15% of £240.
4. Write 37% as a fraction in its simplest form.
5. Work out $3/8$ of 144.
6. A £68 jacket has a 20% discount. Work out the discount amount.
7. A worker earns 6% commission on sales of £1,250. Work out the commission.
8. A learner works out 12% of 250 by finding 10% and 2%. Work out both parts and the total.
9. A recipe uses 450 g of flour. Work out 40% of this amount.
10. Work out 17.5% of 320.