New Mathematics Counts 3 Teacher’s Resources – Remediation Worksheet 2

Name: _______________________ Class: _________ Date: ________________

Chapter 1: Mathematics in Practical Situations

Remediation Worksheet 2

Chapter 1.2 Percentage (Revision)

1. Express the following fractions as percentages.

9 18
(a) (b)
20 25

153 7
(c) (d) 1
200 8

2. Express the following decimals as percentages.

(a) 0.127 (b) 2.6

(c) 3.41 (d) 0.814

3. In a class of 40 students, 28 are female. What percentage of the class are female?
New Mathematics Counts 3 Teacher’s Resources – Remediation Worksheet 2

4. Express each of the following percentages as fractions in the simplest form.

(a) 34.9% (b) 110%

1 2
(c) 87 % (d) 126 %
2 3

5. Express the following percentages as decimals. 99%

(a) 1.4% (b)

2
(c) 231% (d) 6 %
5

6. Find the values of each of the following.

1
(a) 25% of 86 (b) 60 % of 234
4

(c) 114% of 30 (d) 180% of 45

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7. For each of the following, find the number n, such that

(a) 12% of n is 25, (b) 75% of n is 126,

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(c) 46 % of n is 49, (d) 250% of n is 320.
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8. During a sale, all the prices in a shop were reduced by 10%. In the sale, the price
of a computer was reduced by $150. Calculate the normal price of the computer
before reduction.