Real-Life Percentages Worksheet | KS3 GCSE Foundation & Functional Skills Maths

This Real-Life Percentages worksheet provides students with practical, engaging practice using percentage increase and percentage reduction in everyday contexts. Ideal for KS3 Maths, GCSE Foundation, and Functional Skills Maths Level 1–2, this activity helps learners build confidence with percentage change by applying it to realistic price-tag scenarios.

Students complete a series of sale price stickers by calculating new prices after a percentage reduction or percentage increase. This real-world approach makes the maths meaningful and accessible, supporting learners who benefit from context-based tasks. The resource is suitable for classwork, homework, revision, or quick practice during a percentages unit.

Clear layouts and simple instructions make this worksheet easy to use with whole classes, small groups or independent learners.

What’s Included:
• Real-life price-tag style worksheet
• Percentage reduction tasks
• Percentage increase tasks
• Suitable for printing and repeated practice
• Ideal for shop-based, sale-based and real-world applications

Skills Covered:
► Calculating percentage increase
► Calculating percentage decrease
► Working with money and pricing
► Applying maths to real-life contexts
► Strengthening numeracy and functional problem-solving

Perfect For:
✔ KS3 Maths
✔ GCSE Foundation revision
✔Functional Skills Maths Level 1–2
✔ Homework or warm-up tasks
✔Applied maths and vocational lessons
✔Learners who prefer practical, real-world maths

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