THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, DUBAI

DEPARTMENT OFMATHEMATICS

Year: 7…… Sec: …. Worksheet No:

Name: ……………………………………… Date: ……………....
Topic: PERCENTAGES

Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:

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• At an athletics meeting , the winning distance in the javelin competition was
80 metres. Otto’s throw was 95% of the winning distance. Calculate the distance
of Otto’s throw.

• (a) Find 40% of $120

(b) What is 12% of $4500?

• Express it as percentage

• 0.25 (b) 0.035 (c) 0.375

• There are 150 birds in a flock ,90 of them are female. What percentage of the
flock are :
(a)Female (b) Male

• The population of a city is 500000.It is expected that this population will increase
by 40% by the year 2011 .Calculate the expected population in 2011.

• A school has 300 students. .

(a)There are 125 girls . What percentage of the students are girls?

(b) One day 5% of 300 students are absent. Work out the number of students
Who were absent.
• In a sale a jacket costing $125 is reduced by 25%. What is the sale price?