Percentages – GCSE Maths Foundation
This GCSE Maths Foundation worksheet pack from Spiritwolf Education helps students master percentages step by step, with scaffolded practice and fully worked solutions.
Inside this pack you’ll find:
Clear explanations of key percentage processes: finding %, increase, decrease, reverse %, successive changes, and simple interest.
Worked examples with step-by-step methods and real-world contexts (sales, VAT, bills, savings).
24 scaffolded practice questions (core, mixed, and applied word problems).
Full worked solutions for every question, supporting independent study.
Teacher’s Notes with curriculum mapping (DfE 2015 + AQA, Edexcel, OCR, City & Guilds alignment).
Bonus materials included:
Vocabulary Sheet – student-friendly definitions with examples (percent, multiplier, reverse %, simple interest, VAT, etc.).
Extra Practice Questions – 20 additional scaffolded problems with full worked answers for revision, homework, or stretch activities.
Why choose Spiritwolf Education resources?
Professionally written, TES-ready resources
Scaffolded learning: explanations → examples → practice → solutions
Curriculum-aligned and exam-board mapped (GCSE Foundation, Grades 1–5)
Student-friendly tone with memorable “Wolf Tip” mnemonics
Topics covered:
Finding a percentage of an amount
Percentage increase and decrease using multipliers
Successive percentage changes
Reverse percentages (finding the original amount)
Expressing one number as a percentage of another
Simple interest (financial maths)
Real-world percentage problems (discounts, VAT, bills, savings, measures)
Age range: 14–16
Level: GCSE Foundation (Grades 1–5)
Subject: Mathematics
Format: 3 PDF files (Worksheet Pack, Vocabulary Sheet, Bonus Questions)
Bundle note: This resource can also be included in a wider Number Skills bundle for GCSE Maths Foundation.











