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11.1 SIMPLE PERCENTAGES

Exercises:
1. Write down the fraction shaded in each diagram. Then write each fraction as a
percentage.

2. Write each percentage as a fraction. Write the answers as simply as possible.

a) 75%

b) 20%

c) 30%

d) 90%

e) 5%

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3. If 25% = , what fraction is 12.5%?
4

4. a) Shade 30%.

b) What percentage is un shaded?

5. Write each fraction as a percentage

1
a)
4

3
b)
10

3
c)
20

3
d)
5

9
e)
10

1
f)
20

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g)
20

1 1 2
6. = 33 %. Use this fact to write as a percentage.
3 3 3
7. Match the percentages and the fractions where you can. What should go on the two
blank cards?

8. The label on a new bag of flour states ‘Contents 500 grams’. A cake recipe uses 150 g of
flour.
a) What fraction of a new bag is used?

b) What percentage is that?

c) What percentage is left?

9. Work out the numbers missing from these percentages.

a) 30 metres is % of 100 metres

b) 30 metres is % of 200 metres

c) 30 metres is % of 50 metres

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11.2 CALCULATING PERCENTAGES

Exercises:
1. a) Write 20% as a fraction in its simplest terms.

b) Work out 20% of:

i. 25

ii. 40

iii. 50

iv. 65

v. 120

2. a) Write each of these percentages as fractions, as simply as possible.

i. 30%

ii. 85%

iii. 64%

iv. 8%

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b) Work out:
i. 30% of 40

ii. 85% of 20

iii. 64% of 50

iv. 8% of 200

3. Work out the following.

a) 10% of 80 m

b) 15% of 60 kg

c) 44% of $200

d) 85% of 40 cm

4. A man has a mass of 120 kg. He reduces his mass by 15%. How many kilograms is that?

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5. 30% of the mass of an object is 24 kilograms. Use this fact to find:

a) 60% of the mass

b) 10% of the mass

c) 50% of the mass

d) the whole mass of the object

6. There were 300 people at a football match and 35% were adults. The rest were children.
a) What percentage were children?

b) How many children were present?

7. Find the missing numbers.

a) 25% of 80 m = ________% of 40 m

b) 60% of $25 = _________% of $50

c) 12% of 300 = 6% of ________

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11.3 COMPARING QUANTITIES

Exercises:
1. a) Change these test marks to percentages.
i. 4 out of 10

ii. 17 out of 25

iii. 24 out of 80

iv. 20 out of 60

b) Which was the best mark?

2. In class A, 17 out of 25 students were absent at least one day this year. In class B the
figure was 14 out of 20. In class C it was 18 out of 24.
a) Work out the percentage who were absent in each class

b) Which class had the worst record for absences?

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3. A 400 g pack of couscous contains 116 g of carbohydrate. A 250 g bag of maize flour
contains 195 g of carbohydrate. A 1 kg bag of wheat flour contains 640 g of carbohydrate.
Use percentages to work out the amount of carbohydrate in each.

4. Mujib has $40 and Prakash has $120. Each of them spends $24. Work out the percentage
of their money that each of them has spent.

5. In a baby clinic, the nurse weighed 20 baby boys and 30 baby girls. Their weights were
recorded as ‘underweight’, ‘normal’ or ‘overweight’. The results are in this table
Underweight Normal Overweight
Boys 5 6 9
Girls 6 12 12

a) What percentage of the boys were:

i) underweight

ii) normal

iii) overweight

b) What percentages of the girls were:

i) underweight

ii) normal

iii) overweight

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c) Are these statements TRUE or FALSE?

i) More boys than girls were overweight.

ii) A greater percentage of boys were overweight.

iii) More girls than boys were underweight.

iv) A greater percentage of girls than boys were underweight.

6. Leo and Jaiyana were two candidates in an election. Here are the votes they received in
two areas.
Area 1 Area 2
Leo 135 94
Jaiyana 165 106

a) Work out the percentages of votes each candidate received in each area.

b) Did Leo do better in Area 1 or Area 2?

c) What percentage of votes did Ulrika receive overall?

7. The table shows the results when some students were asked if they would like more
maths lessons.
Yes No
Boys 11 12
Girls 9 8

a) What percentage of the boys said ‘yes’?

b) What percentage of the girls said ‘yes’?

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c) What percentage of all the children said ‘yes’?

8. Ma’s Mango Chutney is sold in 250 g jars. Each jar contains 135 g of mangoes. Pa’s Mango
Chutney is sold in 400 g jars. Each jar contains 248 g of mangoes. Which brand has the
greater percentage of mangoes?

9. In class A, 17 students in a class of 25 passed an exam. In class B, 13 out of 20 passed. In

class C, 7 out of 10 passed. Compare the percentage pass rate for each class.

10. Maya has saved $75. This is 30% of what she needs. Explain how you can work out how
much she needs.

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