Percentage of a Quantity

This sheet involves comparing two amounts and finding the percentage one is of the other, as
well as finding the percentage of a given quantity.

Column 1 starts with comparing two amounts. This is the same as converting a fraction to a
percentage, so all you have to do is multiply by 100.
Example 18 targets from 24 targets
18
× 100 The answer to these questions
24 = 75% is a percentage.

Column 2 gives a single quantity and a percentage. To answer these change the percentage to a
fraction and multiply by the amount.

Example 62% of 225 L.

62
× 225 The answer to these questions
100 = 139.5 L is a quantity so units are needed

Column 3 are worded questions which are solved by either of the two methods above.
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Express the 1st quantity as Find the percentage of Answer these, rounding to
a percentage of the 2nd. these quantities. Round to 1 d.p. when required.
Round to 1 decimal place. the nearest whole number.

Example. 17% of 300 kg 21 38 500 vehicles pass an

Example. 5 cm of 65 cm
intersection in 12 hours. If 2%
5 17 are buses and 87% are cars, find
× 100 × 300
65 = 7.7 % 100 = 51 kg the amount of buses and cars.
11 74% of 820 m.
1 27 points from 35 points.
Buses:
× 820
= Write % over 100 Remember units

2 5 pizza slices from 8 slices 12 45% of 710 mm.

Cars:

3 19 t from 156 t. 13 85% of 150 kg. 22 The school shot put record is
19 m. If Ian threw a distance of
= 11.6 m what percentage of the
record distance did he throw?
4 120 posts from 435 posts. 14 15% of $7 000.
=
=
23 Tina has a four coloured
5 38 frogs out of 196 frogs. 15 125% of 400 mg. spinner. She spins RED 22% of
the time, how many times should
= red occur from 500 spins?

6 $1 850 from $7 216. 16 71% of 48 m2.

=
24 $2 600 is to be split in the
7 7.6 cm out of 12 cm. 17 12.5% of $63.
following
21 way. Matt 20%, Bess
35% and Karen 45%. Find the
= amount each will earn.
8 650 g of 910 g. 18 55% of 1 152 kg. Matt:

9 14 s out of 15 s. 19 98% of 400 m. Bess:

10 46 ha of 70 ha. 20 0.2% of $120 000. Karen: