Percentages

Edexcel

AQA

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q24

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksPercentages

24 Mia pays £25 for 200 oranges.

Mia puts the oranges into bags.
She puts 5 oranges into each bag.

Mia sells all the bags of oranges for £1 each bag.

Work out Mia’s percentage profit. (3)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q18

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksPercentages

18 Amy buys a car.
The car costs £12 000

Amy pays a deposit of 20% of the cost.
She pays the rest of the cost in 24 equal monthly payments.

Amy says that each monthly payment is less than £450

Is Amy correct?
You must show how you get your answer. (3)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q17

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksPercentages

17 A village hall needs a new heating system.
The cost of the heating system is £9000

A community grant will pay 85% of this cost.
The village council will pay the rest of the cost.

Work out how much the village council will pay. (3)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q15

EdexcelCurrent spec2 marksFractionsPercentages

15 There are 200 counters in a bag.

87 of the counters are green.
24 of the counters are yellow.

(a) What fraction of the counters are green? (1)
(b) What percentage of the counters are yellow? (1)

Higher June 2025 Paper 3 Q12

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksPercentages

12 The price of a holiday is increased by 10%
After the increase, the price of the holiday is £440

Jim says,

“10% of £440 is £44 so the price of the holiday before the increase was £396”

(a) Is Jim correct?
Explain your answer. (1)

Tina sells bikes.

In November, Tina sold 25% fewer bikes than she sold in October.
In December, Tina sold 50% more bikes than she sold in November.

In December, Tina sold 180 bikes.

(b) How many bikes did Tina sell in October? (3)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q10

EdexcelCurrent spec2 marksPercentagesRatio & Basic Proportion

10 20% of cars sold last year were electric cars.

Write down the ratio of

the number of electric cars sold last year to the number of non-electric cars sold last year.

Give your ratio in its simplest form. (2)

Higher June 2025 Paper 3 Q3

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksPercentages

3 Mia pays £25 for 200 oranges.

Mia puts the oranges into bags.
She puts 5 oranges into each bag.

Mia sells all the bags of oranges for £1 each bag.

Work out Mia’s percentage profit. (3)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q26

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksPercentages

26 Peter invests £4500 in a savings account for 3 years.
He gets 1.8% per year compound interest.

Work out the total amount of interest Peter gets. (3)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q25

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksPercentages

25 The cost of a first class stamp increased from 76p to 85p.
The cost of a second class stamp increased from 65p to 66p.

Filip says,

“The percentage increase in the cost of a first class stamp is more than 7 times the percentage increase in the cost of a second class stamp.”

Is Filip correct?
You must show all your working. (4)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q21

EdexcelCurrent spec5 marksPercentagesRatio & Basic Proportion

21 Robyn buys a total of 240 pens and pencils, where

number of pens : number of pencils = 3 : 5

Robyn pays 9p for each pen.
She sells each pen for 11p.

Robyn pays 6p for each pencil.
She sells each pencil for 10p.

Robyn sells all of the pens and pencils.

Work out Robyn’s percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
You must show all your working. (5)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q17

EdexcelCurrent spec6 marksPercentages

17 Last year Emma’s car insurance cost £285

This year her car insurance costs 7% less.

(a) Work out the cost of Emma’s car insurance this year. (3)

Peter sells bikes.

Each month he is paid £1700 plus a bonus.
The bonus is 5% of the total value of the bikes he sells that month.

Last month Peter was paid £2100

(b) Work out the total value of the bikes he sold last month. (3)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q12

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksPercentages

12 180 tickets are sold for a concert.

60% of the tickets are child tickets.
The rest of the tickets are adult tickets.

The total cost of the 180 tickets is £1944
Each child ticket costs £8

Work out the cost of each adult ticket. (4)

Higher November 2024 Paper 3 Q12

EdexcelCurrent spec6 marksPercentages

12 Rudi invests £4500 in a savings account.

He gets compound interest at a rate of

2.4% for the first year
1.8% for each extra year.

(a) Work out the value of Rudi’s investment at the end of 3 years. (3)

Bruna buys a car for £7500

The value of the car depreciates by \(x\)% each year.
At the end of 2 years the value of the car is £4107

(b) Work out the value of \(x\). (3)

Higher November 2024 Paper 3 Q10

EdexcelCurrent spec2 marksPercentages

10 In a sale, the normal prices are reduced by 15%
Amina buys a dress in the sale for £46.75

Work out the normal price of the dress. (2)

Higher November 2024 Paper 2 Q6

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksPercentages

6 The cost of a first class stamp increased from 76p to 85p.
The cost of a second class stamp increased from 65p to 66p.

Filip says,

“The percentage increase in the cost of a first class stamp is more than 7 times the percentage increase in the cost of a second class stamp.”

Is Filip correct?
You must show all your working. (4)

Higher November 2024 Paper 3 Q5

EdexcelCurrent spec5 marksPercentagesRatio & Basic Proportion

5 Robyn buys a total of 240 pens and pencils, where

number of pens : number of pencils = 3 : 5

Robyn pays 9p for each pen.
She sells each pen for 11p.

Robyn pays 6p for each pencil.
She sells each pencil for 10p.

Robyn sells all of the pens and pencils.

Work out Robyn’s percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
You must show all your working. (5)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q21

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

21 70% of the discs in a box are red and the rest are blue.

  • 40% of the red discs are removed.
  • 50% of the blue discs are removed.

In total, what percentage of the discs are removed from the box? [3 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q11

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

11 Paul buys plates for his cafe.

The cafe has 20 tables.

He buys 6 plates for each table plus an extra 70% for spares.

Work out how many plates Paul buys in total. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q7

AQACurrent spec5 marksPercentages

7 A mobile phone company has two different plans.

Plan A
Phone £500
plus
£11 per month for 24 months
Plan B
Phone is free
plus
£35 per month for 24 months
(a) Show that the total cost of Plan A for 24 months is £764 [2 marks]
(b) During a sale, the total cost of Plan B is reduced by 10%

Which plan is cheaper for 24 months during the sale?

Tick a box.

  • Plan A
  • Plan B

Show working to support your answer. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 3 Q5

AQACurrent spec4 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

5

(a) Complete the table to show equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. [3 marks]
FractionDecimalPercentage
0.550%
\(\dfrac{1}{10}\)10%
\(\dfrac{2}{5}\)0.4
(b) What percentage of this grid is shaded? [1 mark]
Grid of 4 rows of 5 squares. The top 3 rows are shaded

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q24

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

24 384 000 electric cars were sold this year.

This is 20% more than last year.

How many were sold last year? [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q18

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

18 Sunil has £25 to spend on game downloads.

He downloads 5 games, each costing £3.40

What percentage of the £25 does he spend? [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q16

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

16 The original value of a car is £8600

The value of the car decreases by

15% in the first year
then
10% in the second year.

Work out the value of the car after these two years. [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 1 Q11

AQACurrent spec4 marksPercentages

11

A single bag labelled Crisps 55p and a larger bag labelled Multipack – 6 bags of crisps

The multipack costs 10% less than 6 single bags.

Work out the cost of the multipack. [4 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q26

AQACurrent spec2 marksPercentages

26 House prices on a street increase by 5.1% each year.

Show that after 14 years the house prices on the street will be at least double. [2 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q22

AQACurrent spec5 marksDecimalsPercentages

22 Kay hires a digger.

The cost per day is

  • £24.50 for the first 5 days
  • reduced by 20% for day 6
  • the same as day 6 for day 7 onwards.

The total cost is £259.70

For how many days did Kay hire the digger?

You must show your working. [5 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 2 Q20

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentagesStandard Form

20 The mass of an iceberg is 2 200 000 kg

This value is a 12% reduction from the original mass of the iceberg.

Work out the original mass of the iceberg.

Give your answer in standard form. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q16

AQACurrent spec5 marksDecimalsPercentages

16 Tins of beans are sold in shop A and shop B.

Shop A
1 tin   64p
Buy 4 tins for the price of 3 tins
Shop B
1 tin   62p
Pack of 3 tins   £1.70
10% reduction in price on all packs

At which shop is it cheaper to buy 20 tins?

State how much cheaper. [5 marks]

Shop \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)   Cheaper by \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)

Foundation June 2024 Paper 1 Q10

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

10 Work out 35% of 1200 [3 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 1 Q3

AQACurrent spec3 marksFractionsPercentages

3

(a) Here is a centimetre grid.
A 4 by 4 centimetre grid with the middle two columns shaded (8 squares)

What percentage of the grid is shaded? [1 mark]

(b) Kai has shaded two small squares on this centimetre grid.
A 4 by 4 centimetre grid with the top two squares of the first column shaded

He wants \(\dfrac{3}{4}\) of the grid to be shaded.

How many more small squares must he shade? [2 marks]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 2 Q25

AQACurrent spec2 marksFractionsPercentages

25 Round 1 of voting for Head Student is taking place in a school.

(a) To reach round 2, a student must receive at least \(\dfrac{4}{15}\) of the votes.

What is the largest possible number of students that can reach round 2?

Circle your answer. [1 mark]

  • 15
  • 11
  • 3
  • 4
(b) There are 900 votes in round 1

Sean receives 180 votes.

Amy draws a pie chart to represent the results.

Here is her method to work out the angle needed for Sean.

\(180 \div 900 \times 100 = 20\)
The angle should be \(20^\circ\)

Is Amy’s method correct?

Tick a box.

  • Yes
  • No

Give a reason for your answer. [1 mark]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 1 Q25

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

25 70% of a number is 350

Work out 120% of the number. [3 marks]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 3 Q21

AQACurrent spec4 marksPercentages

21 Carly’s total annual pay = salary + bonus

SalaryBonus
Last year£26 000£4000
This year6% increase9% decrease

Work out the percentage change in her total annual pay.

State whether it is an increase or a decrease. [4 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 1 Q21

AQACurrent spec5 marksPercentages

21 Billy wants to buy these tickets for a show.

4 adult tickets at £15 each
2 child tickets at £10 each

A 10% booking fee is added to the ticket price.

3% is then added for paying by credit card.

Work out the total charge for these tickets when paying by credit card. [5 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 3 Q20

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

20 An exam has two papers.

Anil scores

33 out of 60 on paper 1
and
75 out of 100 on paper 2

Work out his percentage score for the exam. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q18

AQACurrent spec6 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

18 Ellen works for a company that sells cars.

Her monthly pay is

  • a salary of £1470
  • 28% of the total profit the company makes from her sales
  • a £250 bonus if she sells at least 15 cars.

The table shows information about the cars she sold last year.

Total cost
to the company
Total income
for the company
Number of months when
she sold at least 15 cars
£464 500£538 0003

Was Ellen’s total pay for the year more than £40 000?

You must show your working. [6 marks]

Higher June 2017 Paper 1 Q18

AQACurrent spec3 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

18 Bottles of drink are for sale at three shops.

The normal price of a bottle is the same at each shop.

Shop A
Buy 1 bottle
Get 2 more bottles at half price
Shop B
Buy 2 bottles
Get 3 more bottles at half price
Shop C
30% off a bottle

What is the cheapest way to buy exactly 8 bottles?

You can buy from more than one shop.

You must show your working. [3 marks]

Higher June 2017 Paper 2 Q17

AQACurrent spec4 marksPercentages

17 P is a rectangle with length 50 cm and width \(x\) cm

Q is a rectangle with width \(y\) cm

Rectangle P with length 50 cm and width x cm, and rectangle Q, which is longer, with width y cm

Not drawn accurately

The length of Q is 20% more than the length of P.

The area of Q is 10% less than the area of P.

Work out the ratio \(\quad x : y\)

Give your answer in its simplest form. [4 marks]

Higher June 2017 Paper 3 Q16

AQACurrent spec3 marksPercentages

16 The value of a new car is £18 000

The value of the car decreases by

25% in the first year
12% in each of the next 4 years.

Work out the value of the car after 5 years. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q12

AQACurrent spec8 marksFDPR Mixed ContextPercentages

12 Lee sells ice creams.

The table shows the midday temperature and his sales for five days.

Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5
Temperature (°C)3026172220
Sales (£)18015080130120
(a) He draws this scatter graph and line of best fit.
Scatter graph titled Ice cream sales and temperature. Temperature (°C) 0 to 30 across, Sales (£) 0 to 180 up. Crosses at (17, 60), (20, 120), (22, 130), (26, 150) and (30, 180). A straight line is drawn from about (4, 89) to (31, 151)

Write down two mistakes he has made. [2 marks]

(b) Lee wants to work out the range of the five temperatures.

His calculation is \(\quad 30 - 20 = 10\)

Is his method correct?

Tick a box. [1 mark]

  • Yes
  • No

Give a reason to support your answer.

(c) The table shows Lee’s costs.
Ingredients15% of sales
Fuel£7 per day

Work out his total profit for the five days. [5 marks]

Higher June 2017 Paper 1 Q11

AQACurrent spec5 marksPercentages

11 Billy wants to buy these tickets for a show.

  • 4 adult tickets at £15 each
  • 2 child tickets at £10 each

A 10% booking fee is added to the ticket price.

3% is then added for paying by credit card.

Work out the total charge for these tickets when paying by credit card. [5 marks]