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Exciting Maths Vegas Game for Percentages

Join the competitive Vegas-style maths game where teams wager on questions, calculate percentages, and more! Ideal for students to practice non-calculator mathematics skills. Keep score with an Excel spreadsheet.

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Exciting Maths Vegas Game for Percentages

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  1. Percentages – Mixed – Non-Calculator – Maths Vegas In this competitive game, teams of students ‘wager’ money on a series of questions. Teams can wager up to 50% and receive double wager back if they are correct. Use mini-whiteboards to check team answers quickly. Delete questions according to ability. The associated Excel spreadsheet provides a screen for score-keeping for up to 8 teams.

  2. Percentages: Non-Calculator

  3. Next Topic: Equivalence

  4. Convert 25% to a fraction.

  5. Convert 40% to a fraction.

  6. Convert to a percentage. 60%

  7. Convert to a percentage. 28%

  8. Convert 68% to a fraction.

  9. Next Topic: Expressing as a Percentage

  10. 20 out of 80 chocolate bars had nuts in them. Express this as a percentage. 25%

  11. 15 out of 20 apples were rotten. Express this as a percentage. 75%

  12. 24 out of 40 students took art. Express this as a percentage. 60%

  13. 6 out of 120 students were late to school. Express this as a percentage. 5%

  14. Next Topic: Percentage of a Quantity

  15. Anna gave Tom 10% of her 80 sweets. How many sweets did Tom get? 8

  16. Jenny gave Joe 10% of £5. How much money did Joe get? 50p

  17. Tom gave Sally 30% of his 60 marbles. How many marbles did Sally get? 18

  18. Jane gave Jim 60% of her 40 sweets. How many sweets did Jim get? 24

  19. Tim gave Tony 45% of his 80 stickers. How many stickers did Tony get? 36

  20. Anna gave Hannah 15% of £5. How much money did Hannah get 75p

  21. Next Topic: Increasing & Decreasing by a Percentage

  22. Increase 90 by 10% 99

  23. Increase 130 by 20% 156

  24. Increase 250 by 60% 400

  25. Decrease 80 by 20% 64

  26. Decrease 90 by 60% 36

  27. Increase 40 by 35% 54

  28. Increase 120 by 55% 186

  29. Decrease 60 by 45% 33

  30. Decrease 140 by 55% 63

  31. Increase 140 by 46% 204.4

  32. Decrease 160 by 36% 102.4

  33. Next Topic: Finding a Percentage Increase/Decrease

  34. Jane scored 40 on her first maths test. She scored 60 on her second maths test. What percentage increase was this? 50%

  35. Alice scored 80 on her first English test. She scored 60 on her second English test. What percentage decrease was this? 25%

  36. Jim scored 50 on his first maths test. He scored 60 on his second maths test. What percentage increase was this? 20%

  37. Josh had 60 marbles and lost some. He now has 42 marbles. What percentage decrease is this? 30%

  38. Sam earnt £50 on his first day of work. He earnt £65 on his second day of work. What percentage increase was this? 30%

  39. Jenny earnt £80 on her first day of work. She earnt £116 on her second day of work. What percentage increase was this? 45%

  40. Jenny earnt £80 on her first day of work. She earnt £68 on her second day of work. What percentage decrease was this? 15%

  41. Alice invested £60 and got back £81 at the end of one year. What percentage increase is this? 35%

  42. Mike invested £80 and got back £132 at the end of one year. What percentage increase is this? 65%

  43. Mike invested £60 and only got back £9 at the end of one year. What percentage decrease is this? 85%

  44. Next Topic: Reverse Percentages

  45. A dress is on sale! 25% off! It now costs £30 How much was it before the sale? £40

  46. A jacket is on sale! 20% off! It now costs £64 How much was it before the sale? £80

  47. A pair of shoes are on sale! 15% off! They now costs £51 How much were they before the sale? £60

  48. Jack’s rent went up 25% in one year! He now pays £500 a month. How much did he pay per month before the increase? £400

  49. Sally’s rent went up 30% in one year! She now pays £650 a month. How much did she pay per month before the increase? £500

  50. The price of cobalt went up 15%. It now costs $391 per kilogram. How much did one kilogram cost before the increase? $340

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