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1 Find 10% of each of the following, rounding

the answer to the nearest 5c.
(a) $15

(b) $3.60

(c) $24.85

2 Find 5% of each of the following, rounding the

answer to the nearest 5c.
(a) $120

(b) $42.37

(c) $296.45

3 Calculate 12% of $72.

4 Are the following statements true or false?

(a) 1% as a decimal number is 0.1
(b) 24% as a decimal number is 2.4
(c) 183% as a decimal number is 1.83

5 Find 20% of each of the following, rounding

the answer to the nearest 5c:
(a) $64

(b) $35.92

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6 Calculate 11% of each of the following.

(a) $55

(b) $294

7 Change each of the following percentages to a

decimal.

(a) 35%

(b) 4.6%

(c) 1%

8 A dining room suite is reduced at a sale by

15%. If its original price was $2500, by how
much was it reduced?

9 Claire’s time for swimming 50 m is 35 seconds.

If she improves her time by 10%, what will her
new time be?

10 The price of a $2.65 loaf of bread is expected to

rise by 20%. What will its new price be?

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