Percents: Finding the Original WORKSHEET

This worksheet is targeting the topic of Reverse Percentages. It provides some excellent practice questions covering the many different ways this topic could be phrased in an examination setting. Section A requires students to complete a table stating what 100% would be based on the value of a given percentage. It doesn’t lead students through a fixed method, allowing them to get to their solutions using whichever method they prefer or have been taught. Section B then asks them to find the original amounts after some percentage increases and percentage decreases. The table provided limits the variety of percentage changes to give students time to practice the skill and build confidence. Finally, Section C has a large selection of word problems mixing up increases and decreases. These questions are written in the style of exam questions to give excellent preparation for state exams.