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Expressing one Number as a

Percentage of Another
(Worksheet 1)

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Exercise : answer the following questions, round to 1 decimal place when appropriate.

1. Express 17 as a percentage of 20.

2. Express 30 as a percentage of 80.

3. Express 2 as a percentage of 5.

4. Express of 25 as a percentage of 60.

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5. What percentage of 92 is 43?

6. What percentage of 110 is 21?

7. Express 8 as a percentage of 12.5.

8. Express 35 as a percentage of 240.

9. Charlotte weighs 18kg. Her dad weighs 74kg. What percentage of her dad's weight does
Charlotte weigh? Express Charlott'es dad's weight as a percentage of her's.

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10. Benjamin has been saving-up for a game that costs $ 115,00. So far he has saved
$ 90,00. What percentage of the game's price has Benjamin managed to save so far?

11. Every summer, John and his family drive 1340km to reach their summer hourse. After
having driven 850km, John's eldest daughter Clara decides to calculate the percentage of
the trip they've already travelled. What percentage does she find?

12. In order to lose weight Serge decided to cut his daily calory intake to 2200 calories,
instead of the 2500 calories he used to take. Express his new daily intake of calories as a
percentage of the previous.

13. James wins $ 3400,00 at the city hall lottery. He decides to give $ 1150,00 to his brother
Jonathan to help him buy the laptop he wanted. Express the amount James gave his
brother as a percentage?

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14. To prepare for her exams Sarah develops a study plan. Every week she studies:

• 9 hours of mathematics

• 6 hours of physics

• 5 hours of computer science

• 4 hours of chemistry

What percentage of her study time does she spend on each subject?