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1 At the beginning of July, Kim had a mass of 63 kg.

At the end of July, his mass was 61 kg.

Calculate the percentage loss in Kim’s mass.

Answer ................................................... % [3]

[Total: 3]

2 Nelson scores 27 out of 40 in a history test.

Work out his score as a percentage.

Answer ................................................... % [1]

[Total: 1]

3 A mass of 300 kg is increased by 8%.

Work out the increase in mass.

Answer ................................................... kg [1]

[Total: 1]
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4 Tomas borrows $5000 for 3 years at a rate of 2.5% per year compound interest.
He pays back the whole amount, with interest, at the end of 3 years.

Calculate the total amount of money he pays back at the end of the 3 years.

$ ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

5 Dev makes 600 cakes.

18% of the 600 cakes go to a hotel and of the 600 cakes go to a supermarket.

Calculate how many cakes he has left.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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6 Walter invests $600 for 3 years at a rate of 4.5% per year compound interest.

Calculate the interest Walter receives at the end of the 3 years.

$ ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

7 In 2015, there were 12 400 visitors to a museum.

In 2016, there were 14 100 visitors to the museum.

Calculate the percentage increase in the number of visitors from 2015 to 2016.

................................................... % [3]

[Total: 3]

8 Rowena buys a jacket for $40 and sells it for $45.40 .

Calculate the percentage profit.

................................................... % [3]

[Total: 3]
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9 The price of a house decreased from $82 500 to $77 500.

Calculate the percentage decrease.

................................................... % [3]

[Total: 3]

10 The price of a cake is $2.60 .

At the end of the day, Lena reduces the price of each cake by 35%.

Calculate the reduced price of a cake.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

11 Mr and Mrs Baker go on holiday with their three children.

They fly from Miami to Mexico City.

The cost of each adult ticket is $450.

The cost of each child ticket is 70% of the cost of an adult ticket.

Calculate the total cost of the five tickets.

$ ................................................... [3]
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[Total: 3]

12 87% of the mass of a pineapple is water.

A pineapple has a mass of 700 g.

Work out the mass of water in this pineapple.

................................................... g [2]

[Total: 2]

13 The number of passengers on a train increases from 63 to 77.

Calculate the percentage increase.

................................................... % [3]

[Total: 3]