Percentage Increase & Decrease Codebreaker | Maths Percentage Worksheet with Answers
£1.50
Turn percentage practice into a challenge with this Percentage Increase & Decrease Codebreaker Worksheet. Learners calculate new prices after a range of percentage increases and reductions, then use their answers to uncover the hidden joke! 🕵️♀️🔐
The activity uses familiar real-life prices, including clothing, accessories and everyday purchases, helping learners practise percentage calculations in a meaningful context.
✨ This resource includes:
🔹 Percentage increase questions
🔹 Percentage decrease questions
🔹 Real-life money and price problems 💷
🔹 26 calculations covering A–Z
🔹 Fun joke codebreaker activity 😂
🔹 Dedicated codebreaker grid
🔹 Complete answer version for quick marking ✅
🔹 4 printable pages
🎯 Skills practised:
Finding percentage increases
Finding percentage decreases
Calculating new prices
Working confidently with money
Applying percentage skills to real-life situations
Problem solving and independent checking
🏫 Perfect for:
⭐ Maths lessons
⭐ Functional Skills Maths
⭐ GCSE foundation skills and revision
⭐ KS3 percentage practice
⭐ Starter or plenary activities
⭐ Homework
⭐ Intervention and catch-up sessions
⭐ End-of-topic revision
⭐ Cover lessons
💡 The codebreaker format adds an extra incentive to complete the calculations correctly – learners need their answers to reveal the hidden joke!
📥 Print and use straight away for a low-prep percentage activity that combines essential maths practice with a little humour.