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Create a percentages worksheet

Worksheet title

 

Number of questions

 

Percentages to calculate


Generate questions that focus on the following types of percentage:
Calculating 1 percent.
Calculating multiples of 5 percent.
Calculating multiples of 10 percent.
Calculating multiples of 25 percent.
Calculating multiples of 100 percent.
Calculating the following percentage:  

Question format


Ask the following types of question:
What is x% of y?
What is x% more than y?.
What is x% less than y?.
 

Difficulty

Use the same, simple wording for all of the questions.
Use a range of different wording from question to question.
 

Range of percentages

This is the number in bold in the following examples: Calculate 5% of 85, 50% of 200, 75% of 525.
Use percentages between and .
 

Numbers to generate percentages of

This is the number in bold in the following examples: Calculate 5% of 85, 50% of 200, 75% of 525.
Use a number between and .
 

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