Topic : Percentages.

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1. Anne took a test in chemistry. She scored 20 marks out of 50.

Work out her percentage mark.

2.

SALE
All items
35% Reduction

Abdul bought a spade in this sale. Its original price was $16.

(a) How much did Abdul save?

[2]

(b) The next day, all items were sold at half the original price.

How much more would Abdul have saved if he had waited until the next day to buy the spade?
[1]

3. A house was built in 1985 and cost $62 000.

It was sold in 2003 for $310 000.

(a) Work out the 1985 price as a percentage of the 2003 price. [2]

(b) Calculate the percentage increase in the price from 1985 to 2003.
[2]

4. A plane has seats for 420 passengers.

15% of the seats are empty.
How many passengers are on the plane?
[3]

5. (i) Hassan sells oranges for $0.35 per kilogram.

He reduces this price by 40%.
Calculate the new price per kilogram. [2]

(ii) The price of $0.35 per kilogram of oranges is an increase of 25% on the previous day’s price.
Calculate the previous day’s price.
[2]

6. The population of Latvia in 1989 was 2 700 000.

In 1994 it was 2 500 000.

Calculate the percentage decrease in the population between 1989 and 1994.

7.

$900

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 Lorenzo saves money for a motorbike.
The marked price of the motorbike is $900.
He pays a deposit of 35% of the marked price.

(a) Calculate his deposit.

[2]

(b) He then makes 12 monthly payments of $60 each.

How much more than the $900 marked price does he pay altogether?
[3]

8. A Spanish family went to Scotland for a holiday.

(a) The family bought 800 pounds (£) at a rate of £1 = 1.52 euros (€).
How much did this cost in euros?
[1]

(b) The family returned home with £118 and changed this back into euros.
They received €173.46.
Calculate how many euros they received for each pound.
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(c) A toy which costs €11.50 in Spain costs only €9.75 in Scotland.
Calculate, as a percentage of the cost in Spain, how much less it costs in Scotland.
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9. A Spanish family went to Scotland for a holiday.

The original cost of the holiday was reduced by 10% to €4347.00.
Calculate the original cost.
[2]

10. Rodriguez puts $500 into a bank account. The bank pays 5% compound interest per year.

(a) How much is the interest after one year?

[1]

(b) Work out the total amount he has in his bank account after two years.
[2]

11. (a) Pierre arrives at school at 08 40 and leaves at 15 30.

How long, in hours and minutes, is he in school?
[1]

(b) Each day, Pierre gets up at 07 00 and goes to bed at 22 00.

What percentage of each day is he in bed?
[2]

12. Joseph, Maria and Rebecca each win a prize.

Their total prize money is $30.

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Joseph wins of the $30.
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Maria wins 30% of the $30.

Rebecca wins the rest of the $30.
Calculate the amount each receives.

13. In 2004 Colin had a salary of $7200.

(a) This was an increase of 20% on his salary in 2002.

Calculate his salary in 2002.
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 (b) In 2006 his salary increased to $8100.
Calculate the percentage increase from 2004 to 2006.
[2]

14. A candle, made from wax, is in the shape of a cylinder.

The radius is 1.5 centimetres and the height is 20 centimetres.

NOT TO SCALE

(a) Calculate, correct to the nearest cubic centimetre,

the volume of wax in the candle.
[The volume of a cylinder, radius r, height h, is πr2h.]
[2]

(b) The candle burns 0.8 cm3 of wax every minute.

How long, in hours and minutes, will it last?
Write your answer correct to the nearest minute

(c) The candles are stored in boxes which measure x cm by 24 cm by 20 cm.

Each box contains 96 candles.
Calculate the minimum value of x.

NOT TO SCALE
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(d) A shopkeeper pays $25 for one box of 96 candles. He sells all the candles for 35 cents each.
(i) How much profit does he make?
[2]

(ii) Calculate his profit as a percentage of the cost price.

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15. A shopkeeper buys some ready-made meals from a supplier.

(a) Complete the bill shown below.

Meal Cost of one meal Number of meals Total cost

Chicken curry $3.48 15 $

Pizza $2.99 28 $

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(b) He sells all 15 Chicken curry meals for $4.00 each.

Work out the total profit on these meals.
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(c) He sells 15 Pizzas for $3.55 each but is unable to sell the rest.
Calculate his loss on the Pizzas as a percentage of the total cost of the Pizzas.
[2]

16. A wall needs 720 bricks.

The builder adds an extra 5% to this number to allow for mistakes.

(i) Calculate how many bricks the builder needs to buy.

[2]

(ii) Bricks are sold in packs of 100 which cannot be split.

How many packs should the builder buy?
[1]

17. Maria, Carolina and Pedro receive $800 from their grandmother in the ratio

Maria : Carolina : Pedro = 7 : 5 : 4.

(a) Calculate how much money each receives.

[3]

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(b) Maria spends of her money and then invests the rest for two years at 5% per year simple
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interest.
How much money does Maria have at the end of the two years?
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(c) Carolina spends all of her money on a hi-fi set and two years later sells it at a loss of 20%.
How much money does Carolina have at the end of the two years?
[2]

(d) Pedro spends some of his money and at the end of the two years he has $100.
Write down and simplify the ratio of the amounts of money Maria, Carolina and Pedro have at the
end of the two years.
[2]

18. Aminata bought 20 metres of cloth at a cost of $80.

She sold 15 metres of the cloth at $5.40 per metre and 5 metres at $3 per metre.

(a) Calculate the profit she made.

[2]

(b) Calculate this profit as a percentage of the original cost.

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19. (a) The surface area of the earth is approximately 510 000 000 square kilometres.

Write this number in standard form.

[2]

(b) 29.4% of the surface area of the earth is land.

Calculate the area of land.

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20. Aminata bought 20 metres of cloth at a cost of $90.

She sold 15 metres of the cloth at $5.80 per metre and 5 metres at $3 per metre.

(a) Calculate the profit she made.

[2]

(b) Calculate this profit as a percentage of her original cost.

[1]

21. A tin of soup has the following information on the label.

200 grams of soup contains

Protein Carbohydrate Fat

4g 8.7 g 5.8 g

(a) What fraction of the soup is Protein? Give your answer in its simplest form.
[1]

(b) What percentage of the soup is Carbohydrate?

[1]

22. A school has 240 students.

(a) There are 131 girls.

What percentage of the students are girls?
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(b) One day 6.25% of the 240 students are absent.

Work out the number of students who are absent.
[2]

23. A school has 320 students.

(a) There are 153 girls.

What percentage of the students are girls?
[2]

(b) One day 3.75% of the 320 students are absent.

Work out the number of students absent.
[2]

24. Each year a school organises a concert.

(i) In 2004 the cost of organising the concert was $385.

In 2005 the cost was 10% less than in 2004.

Calculate the cost in 2005.

[2]

(ii) The cost of $385 in 2004 was 10% more than the cost in 2003.

Calculate the cost in 2003.

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25. When Jon opened a packet containing 30 biscuits, he found that 3 biscuits were broken.

What percentage of the biscuits were broken?

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26. When Jon opened a packet containing 40 biscuits, he found that 8 biscuits were broken.

What percentage of the biscuits were broken?

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27. Lin scored 18 marks in a test and Jon scored 12 marks.

Calculate Lin’s mark as a percentage of Jon’s mark.
[2]

,28. Lin scored 21 marks in a test and Jon scored 15 marks.

Calculate Lin’s mark as a percentage of Jon’s mark.
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29. Alphonse, his wife and child fly from Madrid to the Olympic Games in Beijing.
The adult plane fare is 450 euros.
The child fare is 68% of the adult fare.

(a) Show that the total plane fare for the family is 1206 euros. Show all your working clearly.
[3]

(b) The ratio of the money spent on plane fares : accommodation : tickets = 6 : 5 : 3.

Calculate the total cost.

[3]

30. Vreni took part in a charity walk.

She walked a distance of 20 kilometres.

She raised money at a rate of $12.50 for each kilometre.

(i) How much money did she raise by walking the 20 kilometres?
[1]

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(ii) The money she raised in part (i) was of the total money raised.
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Work out the total money raised.

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(iii) In the previous year the total money raised was $2450.
Calculate the percentage increase on the previous year’s total.
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31. Aida, Bernado and Cristiano need $30 000 to start a business.

(i) Office equipment costs 35% of $30 000.

Calculate the cost of the equipment.
[2]

(ii) Office expenses cost another $6500.

Write this as a fraction of $30 000.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.
[2]

(iii) How much remains of the $30 000 now?

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32. Aida, Bernado and Cristiano invest $12 500.
After one year this has increased to $15 500.
Calculate this percentage increase.
[3]

33. Beatrice has an income of $40 000 in one year.

(a) She pays:

no tax on the first $10 000 of her income;

10% tax on the next $10 000 of her income;

25% tax on the rest of her income.

Calculate

(i) the total amount of tax Beatrice pays,

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(ii) the total amount of tax as a percentage of the $40 000.

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(b) Beatrice pays a yearly rent of $10 800.

After she has paid her tax, rent and bills, she has $12 000.

Calculate how much Beatrice spends on bills.

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34. Beatrice’s rent of $10 800 is an increase of 25% on her previous rent.

Calculate her previous rent.

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35. A school has 350 students.

On the school sports day 96% of the students were present.

Calculate how many students were absent.

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36. (i) Marcus uses 80% of $150 to buy some clothes.

Calculate the cost of the clothes.

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(ii) The money remaining from the $150 is 37 % of the cost of a day trip to Cairo.
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Calculate the cost of the trip.

[2]

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