How do you find a percentage of a number?

Convert the percent to a decimal and multiply, 20% of 60 is 0.20 × 60 = 12.

What is a benchmark percent?

Benchmark percents like 10%, 25%, and 50% are easy to compute mentally and anchor estimates of trickier ones.

Percentages · Grades 6–8

Percentage Worksheets

Percentage worksheets covering benchmark percents like 10% and 50%, then the awkward ones like 35%. Beginner sheets mostly land on whole numbers, and some answers carry a decimal, like 15% of 60 = 9 and 5% of 30 = 1.5. Every answer is exact, so students check their method, not their long division.

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What it is

Percent means 'out of 100'. 50% is one half, 25% is one quarter, 10% is one tenth.

Why it matters

Figuring out a tip, a discount, or interest on a loan all come down to percentages — the benchmark method taught here (10%, 25%, 50%) is what makes the awkward numbers solvable, not just the easy ones.

How to do it

Turn the percent into a fraction of 100.
Multiply the amount by that fraction.
Tip: to find 10%, just divide by 10.

Examples by level

Beginner10% of 196 =Answer19.6
Intermediate5% of 127 =Answer6.35
Advanced60% of 73 =Answer43.8

Examples are generated by the same engine as the worksheets, so they're always mathematically correct. Built to avoid repeats, not reshuffle the same handful of questions.

Common mistakes

Confusing the percent with the amount.
Forgetting to convert the percent to a decimal or fraction.
Misplacing the decimal when computing.

Tips

Find 10% by dividing by 10, then scale up.
50% is just half.

For parents

Anchor to benchmarks: 10% is 'move the decimal one place', 25% is 'a quarter', 50% is 'half'.

For teachers

Move from benchmark percents to non-benchmark ones (the hard band) so students build flexible strategies, not just memorised cases.

Key vocabulary

percent (%): a number out of 100

Frequently asked questions

How do you find a percentage of a number?: Convert the percent to a decimal and multiply, 20% of 60 is 0.20 × 60 = 12.
What is a benchmark percent?: Benchmark percents like 10%, 25%, and 50% are easy to compute mentally and anchor estimates of trickier ones.

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