Name: Class: Date: Worksheet 7A Percentage 1. Express each of the following percentages as a fraction or a mixed number. (a) 40% (b) 105% (© 37.5% (@) 663% 2. Express each of the following percentages as a decimal. (a) 86% (b) 290% (©) 143% (@ 7h 3. Express each of the following fractions as a percentage. ul 6 @F ® $§ 3 1 © 6F @) 55 4, Express each of the following decimals as a percentage. (@) 0.27 (b) 01 (© 9.34 (@) 65 © Shing Lee Publishers Pte Ltd gars5. Find the value of each of the following. (a) 35% of 80. cm (b) 140% of 9.2 kg (0) 22.8% of $45 (@) 124% of 360° 6. There are 1100 students in a school. 75% live within 2 kilometres of the school. Find the number of students who do not live within 2 kilometres of the school. 7. A crate contains 240 apples. 30% of the apples are green. Without performing any calculations, how do you tell that fewer than 120 apples are green? © 35% of the passengers on a cruise ship are children, ‘The rest are adults. ‘There are between 120 and 180 adults on the cruise ship. Suggest how many adults and how many children there could be on the cruise ship. femeaner ‘Shing Lee Publishers Pte Lid9. For each of the following, express the first quantity as a percentage of the second quantity. (a) 8cm,4m (b) 60 seconds, 1 hour (©) 90 cents, $7.20 (@) 5kg,50g 10. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 From the above list, calculate the smallest number as a percentage of the largest number. 11, The exact answer to a question is 5.8413. Sue rounds this answer to 2 significant figures. Calculate the difference between the two answers as a percentage of the exact answer. 12, The time taken by Chan to climb a flight of stairs was 25% more than the time taken by Kaito climb the same flight of stairs. ‘Yan says, “The time taken by Kai was 75% of the time taken by Chan.” Do you agree with Yan? Explain your answer. eee [estes13, Students in the university’s Architecture Faculty do their internship locally or overseas. In 2018, 95 out of 150 students did their internship locally In 2019, 55 out of 155 students did their internship overseas. In which year did a higher percentage of students do their internship locally? |. There are four beverages available in the office pantry. ‘The table shows the amount of sugar found in each serving of beverage. __ Beverage Serving size (g) | Amount of sugar (g) Milk tea 21 9.2 White coffee 40 274 ‘Hazelnut coffee 38, 18.4 Vietnamese coffee 16 12 Arrange the beverages in decreasing order of sugar content, . 45% of a 300 ml drink is concentrated pineapple juice. ‘The rest of it is water. A bottle containing x ml of water is added so that 40% of the drink is concentrated pineapple juice. Form an equation in x and solve it to find the volume of water that is added. 16. € Write a real-world application problem such that 20% of a quantity exceeds 10% of another quantity by 500 units. PeeteName Class: Date: WYAVfoyg es at=t-1 aA 3) Percentage change, percentage point and reverse percentage 1. (a) Increase 90 by 45%. (b) Increase 5600 by 0.7%. (©) Decrease 48 by 20%. (@) Decrease 100 by 124%. 2. (a) 15% ofa number is 90. Find the number. (b) 280% of a number is 336. Find the number. (©) The result of a number, when increased by 40%, is 2.1. Find the number. (d) The result of a number, when decreased by 25%, is 195. Find the number. 3. The number 3600 is first increased by 50%. The value obtained is then decreased by 75%. Find the final number. nee icone“The original length of a spring is 8 cm. When a mass is attached to it, the length of the spring is 10.5 cm, Find the percentage increase in the length of the spring, ‘The original price of an e-scooter is $740. During a sale, the price decreases to $680. Calculate the percentage decrease in the price. ‘Some bacteria were introduced into a culture. ‘The number, N, of bacteria t hours afier being introduced is given by N= 500 x 2 (i) How many bacteria were introduced into the culture? (ii) Find the percentage increase in the number of bacteria at the end of the first hour. Jerry has a stack of coloured paper. 3 of the sheets of paper are blue 30% of the remaining sheets of paper are pink. ‘The other 84 sheets of paper are green. How many sheets of paper are in the stack altogether?8. In February 2018, a newspaper reported that the total land area of Singapore is expected to reach 76 600 hectares by 2030. ‘This is an increase of about 6.4% from the total land area in 2017. Find the total land area in 2017, giving your answer correct to 4 significant figures. ‘The length of a rectangle is 2p cm and its breadth is p cm. When the length of the rectangle is increased by 25% and the breadth is decreased by 25%, determine the percentage change in (i) its perimeter, (ii) its area. ‘The cost of manufacturing a kitchen cabinet consists of the cost of materials at $250, labour cost at $120 and warehousing cost at $60. After a change of management, the cost of materials and labour cost are increased by 10% and 8% respectively, and warehousing cost is decreased by 18%. Calculate the percentage change in the cost of manufacturing the kitchen cabinet. State whether it is an increase or a decrease. Pence11. The table shows the number of supermarkets in Singapore in 1993, 2003 and 2013. 1993 2003 2013 Number of supermarkets | 168 | 212 | 422 Source: National Environment Agency, Agri-food and Veterinary Authority A student wrote the following. So the percentage increase in then mie oreupece tee agn ea 02013 oe 26.2% + 49.8% = 76.0%. Do you agree with the student? If you do not, identify the error(s) and write the correct working to compare the percentage increase between the years. 12. A newspaper article reported that sales of computer and telecommunications equipment decreased by 22.1% year-on-year in November 2018. (i) What does a decrease of “22.1% year-on-year” mean? (ii) Sales of computer and telecommunications equipment totalled $116.8 million in November 2017. Calculate the amount of sales of computer and telecommunications equipment in November 2018. (iii) © Suggest a reason for this decrease. Source: Retail Sales Index and Food & Beverage Services Index, November 2018, Department of Statistics Singapore PEieemmaseeName: Class: Date: Wor heet 7C Percentage in real-world contexts 1. Complete the table. Cost price | Selling price | Profit or loss as a percentage of the cost price $60 $75 (b) $250 $190 (© | __s4000 Profit of 16% @ [3120 Loss of 8% @) $164 Profit of 2.5% (f) $444.48 Loss of 7.4% 2. A cord-free vacuum cleaner costs $999. (a) _Atan online store, itis sold for $1049. Express the profit as a percentage of the cost price. (b) Ata sale, it is sold for $499. Express the loss as a percentage of the selling price, 3. A sound bar costs $898. Itis sold at a loss of 17% on the cost price. Find its selling price. ene irene4, The marked price of a mattress is $1344. It is sold at a profit of 12%. Find the cost price of the mattress. 5. The marked price of a food processer is $95. Its sold at a loss of 26% on the cost price. Find the cost price of the food processer. A shopkeeper buys 300 apples at $1.80 for a dozen. 8% of the apples are rotten and are thrown away. ‘The shopkeeper wants to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. How much should he sell each apple for? © A shopkeeper says that his profit margin on a piece of furniture is -10%. Suggest a set of values for the cost price and the selling price of the piece of furniture, eames8. A game console priced at $428 is sold for $360. Find the discount as a percentage of the selling price. 9. Luis bought an antique vase at a discount of 15%. He received a discount of $384. Calculate the marked price of the vase. 10. Two online retailers sell identical sets of crockery. Retailer A Retailer B Stainless steel crockery Stainless steel crockery Usual price: $126 Usual price: $126 Now: 10% discount Now: 8% + 2% discount (i) Find the sale price of the set of crockery at Retailer A. (ii) Grandma Lucy claims that the set of crockery costs 20 cents less at Retailer A than at Retailer B. Do you agree with Grandma Lucy? Show working to explain your answer. ee [xara11. Complete the table, GST is at 7%. Give your answers to 2 decimal places where necessary. Marked price v Amount of GST _ $8560 $374.50 12, Anna bought a sofa set which cost $380 excluding GST. Given that GST is at 7%, find (i the amount of GST she paid, (ii) the total amount of money she paid for the sofa set, 13. A piece of crystal jewellery is sold for $797.15 inclusive of 7% GST. Find the price of the piece of crystal jewellery before GST. 14, The marked price of a set lunch in a restaurant is $16.90. ‘There is a service charge of 10% and GST is at 7%. Max and two friends order a set lunch each. Calculate the total amount of money they have to pay. Ponte15. Ying sells her HDB flat for $525 000. After the sale, her property agent receives a commission of 1% and 2% of the selling price from Ying and the buyer respectively. (i) Find how much Ying received after paying the property agent. (ii) Calculate the amount the property agent received for the sale. 16. ‘The table shows the standard commissions for property agents. Buyer pays | _ Seller pays Non-landed private property (e.g. condominium) 0% 2% Landed property 0% 2% HDB resale flat 1% 2% ‘Twenty years ago, Mr White bought a bungalow for $3 600 000. Now he wants to sell the bungalow so as to make a profit of 20% on the amount he paid for it, before paying commission to the property agent. (i) What should he list the selling price as? (i) ‘The property agent manages to sell the bungalow. Mr White signs a cheque based on the percentage given in the table above to pay the commission. He then realises that the amount is incorrect because he forgot to include 7% GST. What is the correct amount that Mr White should write on the cheque? CRietenaete scecer17. & A property agent charges 2% commission for selling any type of property. Ina particular week, he sells two condominium units. ‘The price of one condominium unit is between $700 000 and $900 000. ‘The other condominium unit costs more than $1 000 000. His commission for that week is $40 000. Suggest a possible selling price of each condominium unit. 18, All items at a store selling sports apparel are sold at a discount of 20%. Members of the store are entitled to a further discount of $10 for purchases not more than $150 and $18 for purchases above $150. Customers paying in cash are entitled to an additional discount of 2%. Customers using a credit card to pay are required to pay a 2% surcharge. ‘The marked price of a pair of soccer boots is $99.90. Ronald, a member of the store, buys two pairs of soccer boots. (i) Find how much Ronald has to pay if he uses a credit card. (Gi) Express the difference in a cash payment and a credit card payment as a percentage of the cash payment. (iii) @ Suggest a reason customers have to pay a surcharge when using a credit card. Eee