Grade 6 Mathematics

Term 2: Looking for Percentage (Part, percent and whole)

Name: …............................................................... Marks: …..............................

Class: Grade 6 Date: ….................................

Duration: 20 minutes

Directions: Solve for the percentage Look Looking for Percentage (Part)
a) 35% of 60 b) 4% of 50 c) 12% of 34

d) 150% of 76 e) 6% of 250 f) 108% of 50

Bianca bought some bread for her friends. Her order amounted to Rp 250 000 and the owner gave her a 10%
discount. How much did she pay for the bread?

Elaine’s goal is to save $500. She has saved 35% of the amount. How much more does she still need to save?

Mike earns $8 per hour. Ron earns 110% of this amount per hour. How much does Ron earn in a day of 8
working hours?

Looking for Percentage (Whole)

Directions: Solve for the percentage Look Looking for Percentage (Whole)
a) 12 is 5% of what number? b) 9 is 4% of what number? c) 24 is 80% of what
number?

d) 120% of what number is e) 150% of what number is f) 200% of what number is

18? 72? 150?

About 60% of the teachers in Sampoerna uses Grab Car in going to work. If there are 39 teachers who uses
Grab Car, how many teachers are there in Sampoerna BSD?

In an airplane, 85% of the seats are occupied. If 119 seats are taken, how many seats are NOT occupied?

An $18 increase in the price of an Aespa’s light stick during their concert in ICE BSD. This is 6% of the
original price. What is the new selling price of the light stick?

Looking for Percent (Rate)

Directions. Use the table in solving for what is being asked.
The table shows the number of students who participated in Noah’s survey on favorite fruits.

What is the percentage of the students What is the percentage of the students
who favored Bananas? who favored Apples?
 Number
Fruit of
Students
Banana 6
Pineapple 7
Mango 11
Orange 5
Apple 8
Papaya 3

Directions: Solve for the percentage Look Looking for Percentage (Percent)
a) What percent of 8 is 6? b) What percent of 50 is 60? c) What percent of 20 is 2?

d) 12 is what percent of 8? e) 6 is what percent of 30? f) 20 is what percent of 16?

Tony spent %105 of his $150 allowance for snacks. What percent of his money is spent on snacks?

Ronnie bought a pair of pants marked Rp850 ribu. He was given a discount of Rp170 ribu. What percent of
the price was the discount?

Directions: Find out how well you can answer the following percent problems through these real-life
situations.
a) 3 out of 5 people ride the bus to work. What percent of the people ride the bus going to work?
b) Marie’s purchases amounted to $115. She has to pay an additional 10% GST. How much was
Marie’s change from $150?

c) A furniture store will have its grand opening sale. How much will a $5000 piece of furniture sell if
the owners want a 6% profit?

d) Rod’s allowance increased from $60 to $80. What was the rate of increase?

e) Corine bought a sofa set worth $18 000 and gave a down payment of 5%. How much was the
downpayment? How much did she still have to pay?