7th Grade Percent Problems Worksheets
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One-step percent problems: sales tax added to a price, a tip on a bill, a discount off a price, and a percent increase or decrease. Money answers are exact to the cent. Percent change comes out as a whole percent.
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What's on the worksheet
- Tax and tip
Problems such as a $48 price with 6% tax, or a 20% tip on a $35 bill.
- Discount
Sale prices, such as $80 with 25% off.
- Percent increase and decrease
Whole-number changes such as 40 to 50, written as a percent.
How it works: a quick refresher
The rules this worksheet practices, then one problem worked from start to finish.
| Strategy | How it works |
|---|---|
| Tax is added on | Find the tax, then add it to the price. 6% of $48 is $2.88, so the total is $50.88. |
| A tip is the percent itself | A 20% tip on $35 is 0.20 × 35 = $7.00. The question asks for the tip, not the bill plus the tip. |
| Discount comes off | 25% off $80 is $20 off. The sale price is $80 − $20 = $60.00. |
| Percent change uses the original | From 40 to 50, the change is 10 and the original is 40. 10 ÷ 40 = 25%, an increase. |
| A decrease uses the same original | From 80 to 60, the change is 20. 20 ÷ 80 = 25%, a decrease. |
Worked example
A price is $48 and the tax is 6%. Find the total.
- 16% of $48 is 0.06 × 48.
- 20.06 × 48 = 2.88, so the tax is $2.88.
- 3Add the tax to the price: 48 + 2.88 = 50.88.
- 4The total is $50.88.
Ready-made versions
Three fixed versions you can link to or share. Each is a PDF with its own answer key.
- 7th Grade Percent Problems Worksheets, version 1Worksheet PDFAnswer key PDF
- 7th Grade Percent Problems Worksheets, version 2Worksheet PDFAnswer key PDF
- 7th Grade Percent Problems Worksheets, version 3Worksheet PDFAnswer key PDF
Grade level and standard
Written for 7th grade math (ratios) and aligned to CCSS 7.RP.A.3. It also works as review in later grades.
Common questions
- Is there an answer key?
- Yes. Every worksheet has a matching answer key with each answer worked on the same grid or layout as the question. The worksheet code printed at the bottom of each page pairs a sheet with its key.
- Why do money answers show cents, even for $7.00?
- The question asks for an amount of money, so the answer is written to the cent. $7.00 means 7 dollars and no extra cents. A percent answer, such as 25%, has no dollar sign.
- Is the percent of change based on the new number or the original?
- Always the original. From 40 to 50, divide the change by 40, not by 50. Going back from 50 to 40 is a different percent, because the original is then 50.
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- About a million per skill. Each time you press the button the problems are generated fresh, so you can print a different version for every student, a retake, or another night of practice.
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