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    1) 35% of the children were girls. 9 of the 28 girls chose volleyball, which is 32% of the girls. 2) 12 skittles were red, 8 yellow, 10 green, 14% (7) were orange. The remaining 13 were blue, which is 26% of the total skittles. 3) Tyger spent 25 minutes on math, 35 on science, and 20 on history, for a total of 80 minutes. He spent 35 of those 80 minutes, or 44%, on science.

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    1) 35% of the children were girls. 9 of the 28 girls chose volleyball, which is 32% of the girls. 2) 12 skittles were red, 8 yellow, 10 green, 14% (7) were orange. The remaining 13 were blue, which is 26% of the total skittles. 3) Tyger spent 25 minutes on math, 35 on science, and 20 on history, for a total of 80 minutes. He spent 35 of those 80 minutes, or 44%, on science.

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    1) 35% of the children were girls. 9 of the 28 girls chose volleyball, which is 32% of the girls. 2) 12 skittles were red, 8 yellow, 10 green, 14% (7) were orange. The remaining 13 were blue, which is 26% of the total skittles. 3) Tyger spent 25 minutes on math, 35 on science, and 20 on history, for a total of 80 minutes. He spent 35 of those 80 minutes, or 44%, on science.

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    PERCENTAGE WORD PROBLEMS 6.1B


    Find the answers to these percentage word problems.
    Round your answers to the nearest whole number where appropriate.
    1) In a group of 80 children, 35% of the 2) In a packet of 50 skittles, 12 are red, 8
    children are girls. 9 of the girls chose are yellow, 10 are green, 14% are
    volleyball as their favourite sport. orange and the rest are blue.
    What percentage of the girls chose What percentage of the skittles are
    volleyball? blue?

    3) Tyger spends 25 minutes studying 4) Frazer scores 80% overall in two


    mathematics, 35 minutes studying science spelling tests. Both tests had 35
    and 20 minutes studying history. What spellings. In the first test, he got 27
    percentage of his time is spend studying correct. How many questions did he get
    science? right in the second test?

    5) Toronto FC have lost 12 of the 40 games 6) In a group of 150 children, 6 have green
    and drawn 15% of the games they have eyes, 52% have brown eyes, 16% have
    played. What percentage of games have gray eyes, and the rest have blue eyes.
    they won? What percentage of the children have
    blue eyes?
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    PERCENTAGE WORD PROBLEMS 6.1B ANSWERS

    1) In a group of 80 children, 35% of the 2) In a packet of 50 skittles, 12 are red, 8


    children are girls. 9 of the girls chose are yellow, 10 are green, 14% are
    volleyball as their favourite sport. orange and the rest are blue.
    What percentage of the girls chose What percentage of the skittles are
    volleyball? blue?

    35% of 80 = 0.35 x 80 = 28 girls. 14% of 50 = 0.14 x 50 = 7 skittles are


    So 9/28 girls chose volleyball. orange.
    (9 ÷ 28) x 100 = 32.1% 12 + 8 + 10 + 7 = 37 skittles.
    So 32% of the girls chose volleyball. 50 – 37 = 13 blue skittles.
    13/50 = 26/100
    So 26% of the skittles are blue.

    3) Tyger spends 25 minutes studying 4) Frazer scores 80% overall in two


    mathematics, 35 minutes studying science spelling tests. Both tests had 35
    and 20 minutes studying history. What spellings. In the first test, he got 27
    percentage of his time is spend studying correct. How many questions did he get
    science? right in the second test?

    25 + 35 + 20 = 80 minutes 35 + 35 = 70 questions.
    35/80 minutes are spend studying science. 80% of 70 = 0.8 x 70 = 56 correct
    (35 ÷ 80) x 100 = 43.75% spellings.
    So Tyger spends 44% of his time studying 56 – 27 = 29. So he got 29 correct in the
    science. second test.

    5) Toronto FC have lost 12 of the 40 games 6) In a group of 150 children, 6 have green
    and drawn 15% of the games they have eyes, 52% have brown eyes, 16% have
    played. What percentage of games have gray eyes, and the rest have blue eyes.
    they won? What percentage of the children have
    blue eyes?
    15% of 40 = 0.15 x 40 = 6 games drawn 52% of 150 = 78 children brown eyes
    40 – 12 – 6 = 22 games won. 16% of 150 = 24 children gray eyes
    (22 ÷ 40) x 100 = 55% 6 + 78 + 24 = 108 children
    So they won 55% of their games. 150 – 108 = 42 children blue eyes.
    (42 ÷ 150) x 100 = 28% with blue eyes.

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