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Percents Worksheets

Percents are an integral part of math curriculum at school level. Percents are used in everyday life in the form of discounts at shops, interest rates at banks, percentage score and so on. It is important to know how to determine percent of a part of a whole. This requires an extensive problem solving practice on the concept of percent. Students can make use of the free worksheets on percents on the BYJU’S Math website to master this concept....Read MoreRead Less

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Benefits of Percent Worksheets

Students will be introduced to the concept of percent and representing percent using models. Then, they will learn to compare and order percent values. Finally, they will learn formulas to solve problems on percent proportions, percent equations and percent increase and decrease. The advanced levels of the concept of percent will focus on problems relating to the calculation of simple interest, discounts and markups. The learnings in all of these stages benefit students in multiple ways. Some of these benefits are mentioned below:

Promotes self-learning

Students will enjoy the process of self-learning by solving percents worksheets. This is because these worksheets give students feedback on their performance, it helps them learn, unlearn, and relearn quickly. 

Precision and Time Management

Precision of answers and speed are essential skills for any math student. Students need to practice a lot of questions to improve their speed and make better decisions while solving math problems. Practicing problems using these worksheets assists students in better time management as well as in identifying the topics where they need more practice or conceptual understanding.

Real-world applications

The concept of percents has many real-world applications. Solving questions in the percent worksheets prepares students to solve real-life problems that involve this concept. 

As this topic is present across different grades, with an increased complexity in each grade, it is important for students to master the concept as quickly as possible. Being thorough with the basics of percent calculation will help students to easily learn the advanced levels of the same topic. 

Supporting  in depth learning

Percent worksheets form an integral part of the learning process as they provide a refined platform for learning, revision and improvement.

Exposure to varied worksheets spread across levels ranging from easy to hard, enhance a student’s understanding about when and where to apply facts and sophisticated strategies to find percentages and use them to solve real world problems.

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Percents Worksheets Explained

To master the concepts related to percents, students need to revise the concepts at every stage by practicing a lot of questions. The questions in the percent worksheets are specially designed to cover all concepts related to this topic. The free worksheets available on the BYJU’S Math website help students fully understand the concept by letting them solve a variety of questions that make them think in different angles. 

The problems in each worksheet are based on the following aspects of percent (in order of the introduction of concepts grade 6 onwards):

  • Models to represent percents
  • Comparison of and ordering of percents
  • Percent proportion
  • Percent equation
  • Percent increase and decrease
  • Discount and markups
  • Simple interest

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Printable and Online Percents Worksheets

Students have the option to choose between two types of worksheets to practice problems. Students who prefer to solve math problems using pen and paper can opt for printable worksheets, and students who prefer to solve them online can opt for interactive worksheets. The printable worksheets employ the conventional method of learning and focus on improving the procedural knowledge of a concept. The interactive worksheets on the other hand, are designed to be solved in an online mode and are timed. This helps enhance a student’s ability to quickly solve problems. Percent worksheets are aligned with the common core concepts to help supplement the concepts learnt in the classroom. So whether a student is learning the basics or is at an advanced level, BYJU’s Math worksheets help give them a foundation to succeed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Solving percents worksheet problems regularly helps students enhance their problem solving skills in terms of both speed and accuracy. Regular use of worksheets also helps them identify gaps in their understanding of the concept. Students can refer to the articles on this concept on BYJU’S Math to learn about percent calculations.

Problems related to the sale or purchase of an article or service often involve discounts, profits or loss percents. So, students who have a thorough understanding of percent calculations will be able to quickly solve problems related to buying and selling products.

A sound understanding of the concept of percent helps students to quickly learn percent calculation. Percentage calculation is an important skill that comes in handy in higher grades to solve problems on percent proportion, percent equation, markups, discounts and simple interest.

The percent worksheets are designed keeping in mind the syllabus of the subject as per the grade of the students. These worksheets for a particular grade caters to all topics and concepts covered in the syllabus for a particular grade.

The worksheets have been created keeping in mind the difficulty level and pre-requisites of the concept. Each worksheet has been marked with ‘easy’ or ‘medium’ or ‘hard’ depicting the difficulty level of the problems in the respective worksheet. It is recommended that students start with the easy worksheet and gradually move to the medium and hard level worksheets.