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Percentages

Chapter 5.0 Let’s Review

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 20.

1. Convert 80% into the simplest fraction. (2 marks)

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2. Convert into a percentage. (2 marks)
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3. Convert 48% into a decimal. (2 marks)

4. Convert 0.375 into a percentage. (2 marks)

5. Calculate 28%  54% and give the answer in a percentage. (2 marks)

6. Calculate 93%  57% and give the answer in a percentage. (2 marks)

7. Calculate 3  45% and give the answer in a percentage. (2 marks)

8. Calculate 375%  2 and give the answer in a percentage. (2 marks)

9. What percentage of 50 is 20? (2 marks)

10. How heavy is 30% of 70 kg? (2 marks)

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Percentages

Chapter 5.1 Simple Applications of Percentages

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 112.

Level 1

1. (a) What percentage of 75 s is 30 s?

(b) What percentage of 200 m is 60 m? (4 marks)

2. There are 80 passengers in a bus, 12 of them are children.

(a) What percentage of the passengers are children?
(b) If 3 children wear glasses, what percentage of the children wear glasses? (4 marks)

3. Peter participated in a 3000-m run. After running 1.8 km, he gave up the race
because he got hurt. Find the percentage of the race that Peter completed. (3 marks)

4. Bobby bought 5 dozens of eggs, of which 3 were broken. Find the percentage
of the eggs that were broken. (3 marks)

5. Kelly bought a bottle of drink with a volume of 2 L. If she drank 360 mL of

the bottle of drink, find the percentage of the volume of drink she drank. (3 marks)

6. Find the following values.

(a) 40% of $30 000. (b) 75% of 120 min. (4 marks)

7. In a school of 1250 students, 16% are S.5 students.

(a) Find the number of S.5 students.
(b) If 50% of S.5 students study Chemistry, find the number of S.5 students
who study Chemistry. (4 marks)

8. Cherry has 200 pieces of paper, in which 30% are yellow and 45% are white.
(a) Find the number of pieces of white paper.
(b) If the rest of them are blue, find the number of pieces of blue paper. (5 marks)

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9. 80 000 candidates entered an examination. If 0.5% of the candidates were

absent, find the number of candidates who sat the examination. (3 marks)

10. In a hotel with 12 living floors, there are 30 rooms in each floor. If 65% of the
rooms are rented, find the number of rooms that are not rented. (3 marks)

11. Find the following unknowns.

(a) 40% of x hours is 1 hour. (b) 60% of $p is $54. (4 marks)

12. Rayman drank 40 mL of a bottle of drink, which was 16% of the whole. Find
the original volume of the drink. (3 marks)

13. The price of a mobile phone is $1200, which is 600% of the cost. Find the
cost of the mobile phone. (3 marks)

14. Last month, a shop sold 76% of its computers with 18 computers left. Find the
original number of computers the shop had last month. (4 marks)

Level 2

15. The distance between City A and City B is 240 km, while that between City B
and City C is 400 km.
(a) What percentage of the total distance between A and C through B is the
distance between A and B?
(b) What percentage of the total distance between A and C through B is the
distance between B and C?
(c) Is the sum of (a) and (b) equal to 100%? (6 marks)

16. Fred bought 15 apples, 9 pears and 16 oranges. 2 days later, he found that 3
apples and 2 oranges were rotten.
(a) What percentage of the apples were not rotten?
(b) What percentage of the oranges were not rotten?
(c) What percentage of the fruits were not rotten? (6 marks)

17. In a class of 40 students, 40% are boys. Given that 37.5% of the girls wear
glasses. Find the number of girls who wear glasses. (5 marks)

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18. In a school, there are 175 S.1 students. 88% of them passed the Mathematics
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test. Among those failed the test, 33 % of them passed the re-test. Find the
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number of students who failed both tests. (5 marks)

19. In a company of 250 staff, 48% are male. It is known that 60% of the female
staff are clerks. Find the percentage of the staff who are female clerks. (6 marks)

20. Carmen has some red pens, blue pens and black pens. Given that she has 18
red pens, which accounts for 12% of the pens. If 48% of the pens are blue,
find the number of black pens Carmen has. (6 marks)

21. In a school, 20% of students go to school on foot. Among those who go to

school on foot, 17.5% spend more than 15 minutes to go to school. Given that
28 students spend more than 15 minutes to go to school on foot, find the total
number of students in the school. (6 marks)

22. Shops A and B are selling a brand of TV. Given that the original prices of the
TV in the shops are the same. Shop A sales the TV at 70% of the original
price, while Shop B sales the TV at 72% of the original price. Ken found that
the price in Shop B is $50 higher than that in Shop A. Find the original price
of the TV in both of the shops. (6 marks)

23. Ivan has a pack of sweets. After eating 35 sweets, he distributed 70% of the
rest to 35 children. Given that each child received 2 sweets. Find the original
number of sweets in the pack. (5 marks)

24. Joey spent $150 and 20% of her pocket money to buy books and stationery.
Given that the price of the stationeries is 30% of that of the books. Find the
original amount of pocket money that Joey had. (5 marks)

25. David has some marbles. 20% are yellow, 35% are blue and the rest are green.
Given that 9 marbles are green.
(a) Find the number of marbles that David has.
(b) Find the number of blue marbles. (6 marks)

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Percentages

Chapter 5.2 Percentage Change

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 133.

Level 1

1. Find the percentage increase in value in each of the following situations.

(a) Increase from 60 s to 75 s. (b) Increase from 160 m to 200 m. (6 marks)

2. Given that the original value is $600. If the percentage increase is 12.5%, find
(a) the new value, and (b) the increase value. (5 marks)

3. Given that the increase is 24 g. If the percentage increase is 8%, find

(a) the original value, and (b) the new value. (5 marks)

4. Find the percentage decrease in value in each of the following situations.

(a) Decrease from $80 to $68. (b) Decrease from 160 to 104. (6 marks)

5. Given that the original value is 15 hours. If the percentage decease is 30%, find
(a) the new value, and (b) the decrease value. (5 marks)

6. Given that the decrease is 2 L. If the percentage change is 5%, find

(a) the original value, and (b) the new value. (5 marks)

7. Find the percentage change in value in each of the following situations.

(a) Change from 68 marks to 51 marks. (b) Change from 1080 g to 1512 g. (6 marks)

8. Given that the original value is 9.6 s. If the percentage change is 2.5%, find
(a) the new value, and (b) the change. (5 marks)

9. Given that the change is $600. If the percentage change is 4%, find
(a) the original value, and (b) the new value. (5 marks)

10. The price of a drink increases from $12.5 to $13. Find the percentage increase
in the price of the drink. (3 marks)

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11. The weight of a box of washing powder increases from 400 g to 450 g. Find
the percentage increase in the weight. (3 marks)

12. Last season, the electrical bill paid by Mr. Wong was $350. Find the bill this
season if it is increased by 12%. (3 marks)

13. The number of components produced in a factory today was 579 more than
yesterday, which was a 15% increase. Find the number of components
produced yesterday. (3 marks)

14. The number of tourists of City A was 24 000 last year. This year, the number
of tourists increased by 16%. Find the number of tourists this year. (3 marks)

15. This month, Sam’s travelling expenses are $840, which is a 12% increase
when compared to the last month. Find Sam’s travelling expenses last month. (4 marks)

16. The original cost of a product was $96. If the cost is decreased to $84, find the
percentage decrease in the cost of the product. (3 marks)

17. The original price of a pair of shoes is $400. If it is sold at $348, find the
percentage decrease in the price of the pair of shoes. (3 marks)

18. Brian’s income was $12 000 last month. Given that his income this month
decreased by 3.5% when compared to last month. Find his income this month. (3 marks)

19. The number of fans sold this month in a shop decreased by 27, which was a
22.5% decrease. Find the number of fans sold last month. (3 marks)

20. In a farm, the original number of chicken was 350. If 28% of the chicken are
sold this month, find the remaining number of chicken. (3 marks)

21. Mr. Cheung bought a car 3 years ago. He sold it at $47 520 recently, which
was a 56% decrease in price. Find the price of the car 3 years ago. (4 marks)

22. The original price of a pack of rice is $60. After adjustment, the new price is
$54. Find the percentage change in the price of the pack of rice. (3 marks)

23. The volume of a drink in the original packing was 360 mL. If there is a
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percentage change of  8 % in volume in the new packing, find the change
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in the volume of the drink. (3 marks)

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24. In a restaurant, the original price of a set lunch is $50. If the percentage
change of the price is 16%, find the new price of the set lunch. (3 marks)

Level 2

25. There was 60 L of water in tank A originally. Joe then poured 3 L of water
from tank A to tank B.
(a) Find the percentage decrease in water in tank A.
(b) If the total volume of water in the two tanks is 100 L, find the percentage
increase in water in tank B. (5 marks)

26. The table below shows the heights of a plant in the 1st day of the past 3 months.
Month October November December
Height (cm) 96 ? 144
(a) If the change in height from 1st November to 1st December was 20%,
find the height of the plant in the 1st day of November.
(b) Find the percentage change in the height of the plant from 1st October to
1st November. (7 marks)

27. In a shop, the original price of a gift is $250, which is 25% higher than its cost.
(a) Find the amount earned by the shop if a gift is sold.
(b) If a gift is sold at 90% of the original price, find the amount earned by the
shop. (7 marks)

28. Given that the length, the width and the height of a cuboid are 5 cm, 4 cm and
10 cm respectively. If the length is increased by 20% while the width is
decreased by 10%, find the percentage change in the volume of the cuboid. (6 marks)

29. In a company, 55% of the staff are male. If 8 more female staff are employed,
then the percentage of male and female staff are both 50%. Find the original
number of female staff in the company. (7 marks)

30. Paul has 2 boxes of sweets A and B. He took 5 sweets from box A and put
them into box B, and then he took away 10 sweets from box B.
(a) If the percentage change in the sweets in box A is 4%, find the number
of sweets left in box A.
(b) 45 sweets are left in box B. Find the percentage change in the number of
sweets in box B. (6 marks)

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Chapter 5.3 Profit and Loss

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 142.

Level 1

1. Given that the cost is $800. If the selling price is $920, find
(a) the profit, and (b) the profit percentage. (3 marks)

2. Given that the profit is $500. If the profit percentage is 125%, find the cost. (3 marks)

3. Given that the cost is $2500. If the profit percentage is 13.6%, find
(a) the profit, and (b) the selling price. (4 marks)

4. Given that the cost is $800. If the selling price is $680, find
(a) the loss, and (b) the loss percentage. (3 marks)

5. Given that the loss is $120. If the loss percentage is 12.5%, find the cost. (3 marks)

6. Given that the cost is $5400. If the loss percentage is 30%, find
(a) the loss, and (b) the selling price. (4 marks)

7. Mr. Chan bought a flat with $3 600 000, and then sold it at $4 212 000.
(a) Find the profit made by Mr. Chan.
(b) Find the profit percentage of selling the flat. (4 marks)

8. Mr. Lee bought a car with $960 000, and then sold it at $825 600.
(a) Find loss made by Mr. Chan.
(b) Find the loss percentage of selling the car. (4 marks)

9. Matthew sold a gold coin at $468 and earned $18. Find the profit percentage. (3 marks)

10. Betty sold a mobile phone at $192 and lost $608. Find the loss percentage. (3 marks)

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11. A bakery is selling egg tarts at 25% profit percentage. Given that the cost of
each egg tart is $1.6, find
(a) the profit, and (b) the selling price. (4 marks)

12. A shop is selling paper cup cakes at 10% loss percentage. Given that the cost
of each cake is $8, find
(a) the loss, and (b) the selling price. (4 marks)

13. A stationery store sells correction pens at a profit percentage of 80%. If the
profit of selling a correction pen is $5.6, find the cost of the correction pen. (3 marks)

14. Kate sold a bike at a loss percentage of 30% such that she lost $240. Find the
amount that Kate spent on buying the bike. (3 marks)

15. Given that the cost of a piece of bread is $2.5. If a profit of 80% is to be
made, find the selling price of the piece of bread.
(3 marks)

16. In a shop, a piano is sold at a loss of 20%. If the cost of the piano is $4000,
find the selling price. (3 marks)

17. The selling price of a vase is $885. If the profit percentage is 18%, find the
cost of the vase. (4 marks)

18. Sandy sold a dress at $255 suffering a loss of 15%. Find the cost of the dress. (4 marks)

19. Jessica sold a camera at a profit of 75% and earned $225. Find the selling
price of the camera. (4 marks)

20. A farmer sold a box of apples at a loss percentage of 45%. If he lost $54, find
the selling price of the box of apples. (4 marks)

21. Carmen sold a Hi-Fi set at $980 and made a profit of 22.5%. Find the profit
that she made. (5 marks)

22. Janice sold a LCD monitor at $512 and suffered a loss of 20%. Find the loss
that she suffered from. (5 marks)

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Level 2

23. Maggie sold 80 pens at $288. If the profit percentage is 20%, find the profit of
selling each pen. (5 marks)

24. The selling price of a dictionary is $97.6. The profit percentage is 22%.
(a) Find the cost of the dictionary.
(b) If the selling price of the dictionary is raised such that the profit
percentage is 28%, find the new selling price. (7 marks)

25. A desk and a cabinet are sold at a profit percentage of 20% and a loss
percentage of 20% respectively. Given that their selling prices are both $240.
(a) Find the sum of the costs of the desk and the cabinet.
(b) Hence, find the profit or loss made from selling the desk and the cabinet. (9 marks)

26. Tom bought 10 dozens of eggs at $25 per dozen. He found that 8 of the eggs
were broken, and he sold the rest at $2.5 each. Find the profit percentage or
loss percentage of selling the eggs. (7 marks)

27. In a shop, 2 brands of light bulbs, A and B, are sold. Given that the profit
percentages of selling A and B are 25% and 15% respectively. If the costs of
A and B are $8 each and $10 each respectively, find the profit percentage of
selling 5 light bulbs of brand A and 12 light bulbs of brand B. (8 marks)

28. Yuki sold 2 flats P and Q. Given that the selling price of flat Q is $8 400 000.
(a) She sold flat Q at a profit percentage of 40%. Find the profit that she made.
(b) If the cost of flat P is 80% of that of flat Q, find the selling price of flat P
such that she did not have profit or loss after selling the 2 flats. (8 marks)

29. Jack sold watches X and Y. The cost of watch X was 80% of that of watch Y.
The cost of watch Y and the profit made from selling it were $6000 and $2400
respectively. If Jack made a profit of 20% from selling the watches, find the
profit percentage or loss percentage of selling watch X. (9 marks)

30. A man bought 600 newspapers and sold them at $5 each. Given that the
publisher recycled unsold newspapers and gave 75% of the cost to the man. If
the cost of newspapers is $4 each, find the number of sales of the newspapers
such that the man made a profit percentage of 10%. (9 marks)

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Chapter 5.4 Discount

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 118.

Level 1

1. Given that the marked price of some sweets is $50. If the selling price is $42,
find
(a) the discount, and (b) the discount percentage. (4 marks)

2. Given that the discount of a box of biscuits is $28. If the selling price is $72, find
(a) the marked price, and (b) the discount percentage. (4 marks)

3. Given that the marked price of a desk is $400. If the discount percentage is
30%, find
(a) the discount, and (b) the selling price. (4 marks)

4. A handbag is sold at 15% off. If the marked price is $300, find

(a) the selling price, and (b) the discount. (4 marks)

5. Given that the discount of a cake is $24.7. If the discount percentage is 20%,
find
(a) the marked price, and (b) the selling price. (5 marks)

6. A toy is sold at 30% off. If the discount is $16.8, find

(a) the marked price, and (b) the selling price. (5 marks)

7. Given that the selling price of a microwave oven is $576. If the discount
percentage is 28%, find
(a) the marked price, and (b) the discount. (6 marks)

8. An iron is sold at 25% off. If the selling price is $498, find

(a) the marked price, and (b) the discount. (5 marks)

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9. The marked price of a watch is $850. If the selling price is $646, find the
discount percentage. (3 marks)

10. The selling price of a football is $180 after a discount of $70 is offered. Find
the discount percentage. (3 marks)

11. The marked price of a camera is $2820. If the discount percentage is 10%,
find the selling price of the camera. (3 marks)

12. A pair of earrings is sold at 15% off. If the marked price is $560, find the
discount of the pair of earrings. (2 marks)

13. The discount of a pair of shoes is $72. If the discount percentage is 30%, find
the selling price of the pair of shoes. (4 marks)

14. A photocopying machine is sold at 12% off. If the discount is $5400, find the
selling price of the machine. (4 marks)

15. The selling price of a set of books is $255. If the discount percentage is 32%,
find the discount. (5 marks)

16. A woollen sweater is sold at 40% off. If the selling price is $285, find the
discount. (4 marks)

Level 2

17. The original admission fees of an adult and a child for a theme park are $165
and $90 respectively. The park now offers 30% off for adult tickets in order to
attract more visitors. If a couple visits the theme park with 3 children, find the
overall discount percentage. (6 marks)

18. The marked price of a gift in shop A is $1350 and it is sold at 20% off. The
same gift is also sold at shop B with the marked price of $1200. Shop B offers
a discount of $120 for buying the gift.
(a) Find the discount percentages of the gift in shops A and B respectively.
(b) The gift selling in which shop is cheaper? (7 marks)

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19. Suppose passengers can enjoy a 10% discount for the return trip of a bus route
using Octopus Cards. Yesterday, Brian travelled on the bus route to go to
school in the morning, and took the return trip back home using an Octopus
Card. The original fare for each trip is $14.
(a) Find the discount percentage of the total fare enjoyed by Brian yesterday.
(b) If Brian takes the same bus route to go to school and back home once on
each day from Monday to Friday using an Octopus card, is the overall
discount percentage the same as (a)? (6 marks)

20. The selling price and the discount percentage of a printer are $588.8 and 36%
respectively.
(a) Find the marked price of the printer.
(b) If the profit percentage is 17.76%, find the cost of the printer. (8 marks)

21. The marked price of a piece of bread is $6.4. Given that the bakery offers a
discount percentage of 18.75%.
(a) Find the selling price of the piece of bread.
(b) If the cost of the piece of bread is $5, find the profit / loss percentage. (6 marks)

22. In a shop, a bicycle is sold at 25% off such that a profit percentage of 20% is
made. If the cost of the bicycle is $425, find the marked price. (5 marks)

23. The selling price of a necklace is $4964 in a jewellery shop. Given that the
selling price is 99.28% of the cost.
(a) Find the cost of the necklace.
(b) If the marked price is 36% higher than the cost, find the discount percentage. (8 marks)

24. The marked price of a badminton racket is 98% higher than the cost. It is now
sold at 40% off.
(a) Let $x be the cost. Express the selling price of the badminton racket in
terms of x.
(b) Find the profit / loss percentage of selling the badminton racket. (7 marks)

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