About Our Percents Worksheets
Percent means “per hundred” — and learning to find a percent of a number is one of the most practical math skills students will use throughout their lives (tips, discounts, test scores, tax). Our worksheets build from easy — where students use mental math shortcuts (10% = divide by 10, 50% = divide by 2) — through harder problems using the common benchmark percentages that appear on every standardized test.
All three worksheets only produce problems with whole-number answers, so students can focus on the concept without getting stuck on computation. Each download generates a fresh set of randomized problems. Answer keys included. Problems are formatted as “What is 25% of 80?” with an answer blank.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you find a percent of a number?
Convert the percent to a decimal (move the decimal point two places left: 25% becomes 0.25) and multiply by the number. For example, 25% of 80 = 0.25 × 80 = 20. For benchmark percentages there are mental math shortcuts: 10% = divide by 10; 50% = divide by 2; 25% = divide by 4; 75% = multiply by 3 then divide by 4.
When are percents introduced in school?
Percents are formally introduced in 6th grade (Common Core 6.RP.3c). Students learn to convert between fractions, decimals, and percents and find a percent of a quantity. In 7th grade, students extend this to problems involving percent change, tax, tip, and discount (7.RP.3).
What is the connection between fractions and percents?
Percent literally means “per hundred,” so any percent can be written as a fraction with a denominator of 100: 25% = 25/100 = 1/4. Recognizing these equivalent forms makes mental math easier — 25% of a number is the same as finding one-fourth of it, 50% is the same as one-half, and 75% is the same as three-fourths.