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Grade 7 · Ratios & Proportional Relationships · 7.RP.A.3

Multi-Step Percent Problems Worksheets

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Key idea

Percent of an amount: multiply by the percent over 100. Increase by p%: multiply by 1 + p/100. Decrease by p%: multiply by 1 − p/100. Percent change = (new − old) ÷ old, as a percent.

Sample problems

  1. Find 30% of 50.
  2. Find 8% of 250.
  3. Increase 40 by 10%.
  4. Decrease 90 by 30%.

Common mistakes to watch for

  • Answered 20, copying the percent. A percent is an instruction, not the answer.
  • Answered $6, giving the tip rather than the total. Read what the question asked for.
  • Answered $20, the discount rather than the price.

The answer key explains each one, so you can tell what a wrong answer means.

How to use this set

  1. Teach with the slides (about 15 minutes), or watch the video together.
  2. Practice with the worksheet. Questions climb from fluency to application to reasoning.
  3. Check understanding with the exit ticket, and send the homework home.
  4. Mark with the answer key — each answer shows the steps and the most likely mistake.

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