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5 Calculating a percentage
Homework
1 What multiplier is equivalent to a percentage of:
a 23% b 70% c 4% d 120%?

2 What percentage is equivalent to a multiplier of:

a 0.38 b 0.8 c 0.07 d 1.5?

3 Calculate the following.

a 25% of $200 b 10% of $120 c 53% of 400 kg d 75% of 84 cm

e 22% of $84 f 71% of 250 g g 24% of $3 h 95% of 320 m

i 6% of $42 j 17.5% of $56 k 8.5% of 160 l l 37.2% of $800

4 During one week at a test centre, 320 people took their driving test and 65% passed.
How many people passed?

5 A certain type of stainless steel consists of 84% iron, 14% chromium and 2% carbon (by
weight). How much of each is in 450 tonnes of stainless steel?

7 A government adds a sales tax to bills. One year it is 17.5%. How much sales tax will be added
on to the following bills:
a a restaurant bill for $40

b a telephone bill for $82

c a car repair bill for $240?

8 An insurance firm sells house insurance and the annual premiums are usually at a cost of 0.5%
of the value of the house. What will be the annual premium for a house valued at $120 000?

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