WORD PROBLEMS: FRACTIONS, PROPORTIONALITY AND PERCENTAGE

Student name:____________________________________________________________

1. If two fifths of the students in a class do not like playing tennis. a) What is the fraction of
students that like playing tennis? b) If there are 30 students, how many of them like playing tennis?

2. Every month, a family spends a quarter of their earnings on paying for the house, two tenths on
paying for food, and a sixth for the rest of the expenses. a) What fraction of the income is spent in
total? b) If the family earns €2000 per month, how much money goes to each expenditure?

3. In a field of orange trees, we have collected the oranges from five twelfths of the trees. If we
have collected the oranges from 150 trees, how many trees are there in total?

4. I have taken three quarters from a chocolate bar. Then I have given half of it to my friend. a)
What is the fraction of the chocolate bar that my friend has? b) What is the percentage of the
chocolate bar that my friend has?

5. John has covered two fifths of a race. a) What percentage of the race is left? b) If the race is 3600
m long, how many metres are left?

6. If 3,5 Kg of apples cost €4.2, how many kilos can you buy with €7.2? b) What is the constant of
proportionality?

7. 65% of the population of Cordoba like Maths. If there are 320.000 inhabitants, how many of
them do NOT like Maths?

8. 24% of the people in a class do not like going to the cinema. If 6 people in the class do not like
going to the cinema, how many people are in the class?

9. In a shopping center, 50 bulbs out of 250 are broken. What is the percentage of broken bulbs?

10. The battery of my phone is 18% remaining. If the phone can work for 24 hours with the whole
battery, how much time remains before the battery runs out?

11. In a sale the cost of a computer is reduced by 30%. The normal price of the computer was
£900. Calculate the sale price of the computer. (One step only)

12. A jacket costs €120. If the price decreases 25%, calculate the final price. (One step only)

13. Katie earns £40 per week for her part-time job. She is to be given a 5% pay rise.
How much will she earn per week after the pay rise?

14. The school feeds are increasing by 15% next month. If now we are paying €75 per month, how
much money are we paying next month?

15. A computer costs €630, including tax. If the tax is a percentage of 10%, how much would a
computer free of tax cost?

16. A mobile phone costs €90. If the price is reduced by €5, what percentage does the price
decrease?