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Q1.

(a)  Write  as a mixed number.

...........................................................
(1)

(b)  Show that 

(1)

(c)  Show that 

(2)
 
(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q2.

Show that    

Q3.

Show that
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Q4.

(a)  Write as a mixed number.

(1)
There are 84 animals in a field.
10 of the animals are horses.
45 of the animals are sheep.
The rest of the animals are cows.
(b)  What fraction of the animals in the field are cows?

(2)
(c)  Write these fractions in order of size.
Start with the smallest fraction.

(2)

(d)  Show that

(2)
 
(Total for question = 7 marks
Q5.
 
(a)  Write these fractions in order of size.
Start with the smallest fraction.

.............................................................................................................................................
(2)
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(b)  Show that  

(2)

(c)  Show that  

(3)
 

Q6.

(a)  Use your calculator to work out the value of

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

...........................................................
(2)
(b)  Write your answer to part (a) correct to 1 significant figure.

...........................................................
(1)
  
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Q7.
(a)  Use your calculator to work out the value of

Give your answer as a decimal.

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

...........................................................
(2)
(b)  Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 decimal places.

...........................................................
(1)
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
 Q9.

Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal

 
(Total for question = 2 marks)
 
Q10.
 

Use algebra to show that

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Q11.

Prove algebraically that can be written as

Chapter-2 Ratios and Percentages 

Q1.
On 1st January 2016 Li bought a boat for $170 000
The value of the boat depreciates by 8% per year.
Work out the value of the boat on 1st January 2019
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

$ ...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
 Q2.
 Chao bought a boat for HK$160 000
The value of the boat depreciates by 4% each year.
(a)  Work out the value of the boat at the end of 3 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest HK$.

HK$ ...........................................................
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(3)
Jalina gets a salary increase of 5%
Her salary after the increase is HK$252 000
(b)  Work out Jalina's salary before the increase.

HK$ ...........................................................
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q3.
Aayush invests 18 000 rupees for 3 years at a rate of 4% per year compound interest.
Work out the total amount of interest Aayush has received by the end of 3 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest rupee.

........................................................... rupees
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q4.
Jenny invests $8500 for 3 years in a savings account.
She gets 2.3% per year compound interest.
(a)  How much money will Jenny have in her savings account at the end of 3 years?
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.
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$
(3)
Rami bought a house on 1 January 2015
st

In 2015, the house increased in value by 15%

In 2016, the house decreased in value by 8%
On 1st January 2017, the value of the house was $687 700
(b)  What was the value of the house on 1st January 2015?

$
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q5.
 Max invests $6000 in a savings account for 3 years.
The account pays compound interest at a rate of 1.5% per year for the first 2 years.
The compound interest rate changes for the third year.
At the end of 3 years, there is a total of $6311.16 in the account.
Work out the compound interest rate for the third year.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

........................................................... %
 
Total for question = 3 marks)
Q6.
Lijuan's salary is 180 000 Hong Kong Dollars (HK$).
She gets a salary increase of 3%
(a)  Work out Lijuan's salary after this increase.

HK$ ...........................................................
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(3)
In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 15%
The sale price of a camera is HK$6630
(b)  Work out the normal price of the camera.

HK$ ...........................................................
(3)
 (Total for question = 6 marks)
 Q7.
Mariana sells bags of bird food.
The bags that Mariana sold last week each contained 12 kg of seeds.
The bags that she is going to sell next week will each contain a mixture of nuts and seeds
where for each bag
weight of nuts : weight of seeds = 4 : 5
The total weight of the nuts and the seeds in each bag will be 19.35 kg
The weight of seeds in each bag that Mariana sells next week will be less than the weight of
seeds in each bag that Mariana sold last week.
Work out this decrease as a percentage of the weight of seeds in each bag that Mariana sold
last week.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

........................................................... %
 
(Total for question = 4 marks)
 Q8
 Andreas, Isla and Paulo share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 5
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The total amount of money that Isla and Paulo receive is £76 more than the amount of money
that Andreas receives.
Andreas buys a video game for £48.50 with some of his share of the money.
Work out how much money Andreas has left from his share of the money when he has bought
the video game.

£ ...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 4 marks)
 Q9.
 Pieter owns a currency conversion shop.
Last Monday, Pieter changed a total of 20 160 rand into a number of different currencies.

He changed of the 20 160 rand into euros.

He changed the rest of the rands into dollars, rupees and francs in the ratios 9 : 5 : 2
Work out how many more.

........................................................... rand
 
(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q10.
 Danil, Gabriel and Hadley share some money in the ratios 3 : 5 : 9
The difference between the amount of money that Gabriel receives and the amount of money
that Hadley receives is 196 euros.
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Work out the amount of money that Danil receives.

........................................................... euros
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
 

Q11.
120 children go on an activity holiday.
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5
On Sunday, all the children either go sailing or go climbing.

of the boys go climbing.

Twice as many girls go sailing as go climbing.
Work out how many children go sailing on Sunday.

...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q12.
 
On a farm there are chickens, ducks and pigs.
The ratio of the number of chickens to the number of ducks is 7 : 2
The ratio of the number of ducks to the number of pigs is 5 : 9
There are 36 pigs on the farm.
Work out the number of chickens on the farm.
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...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q13.
 
Liam invests £8000 in a savings account for 4 years.
The savings account pays compound interest at a rate of

4.5% for the first year

2.75% for all subsequent years.

(a)  Work out the value of Liam's investment at the end of 4 years.

£...........................................................
(3)

Max invests some money in a savings bond.

The savings bond pays interest at a rate of 2% per year.
At the end of the first year, his savings bond is worth £5763
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(b)  How much money did Max invest in the savings bond?

£...........................................................
(3)

 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 
Q14.
 
Lisa sees a dress in a sale.
The normal price of the dress is $45
The price of the dress is reduced by 12% in the sale.
(a)  Work out the price of the dress in the sale.

$ ...........................................................
(3)

Lisa's weekly pay increases from $525 to $546

(b)  Calculate her percentage pay increase.
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........................................................... %
(3)

 
(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q15.
 
In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 35%
The normal price of a bed is $1200
Work out the sale price of the bed.

$ ...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
 Q16.
 
Amit invests 15000 rupees.

At the end of one year, his investment has increased by 7 %

(a)  Work out the value of Amit's investment at the end of one year.

........................................................... rupees
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(2)

Priya invests a sum of money at an interest rate of 8% per year.

At the end of one year, the interest she receives is 1800 rupees.
(b)  Work out the value of Priya's investment at the end of one year.

........................................................... rupees
(3)

 
(Total for question = 5 marks)
Q17.
 
Chen invests 40 000 yuan in a fixed‐term bond for 3 years.
The fixed‐term bond pays compound interest at a rate of 3.5% each year.
(a)  Work out the value of Chen's investment at the end of 3 years. Give your answer to the
nearest yuan.

........................................................... yuan
(3)
Wang invested P yuan.
The value of his investment decreased by 6.5% each year.
At the end of the first year, the value of Wang's investment was 30 481 yuan.
(b)  Work out the value of P.
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P = ...........................................................
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 

Q18.

The perimeter of a triangle is 90 cm.

The lengths of the sides of the triangle are in the ratios 3 : 5 : 7.
Work out the length of the longest side of the triangle.

........................................................... cm

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q19.

Jack, Kate and Lila share some money in the ratios 5 : 9 : 6

In total, Jack and Kate receive £56

Work out the amount of money Lila receives.

£...........................................................

(Total for question = 3 marks)

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Q20.
 
Lisa, Max and Punita share £240 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 8
How much more money than Lisa does Punita get?

£...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q21.
 
In 1981, the population of India was 683 million.
Between 1981 and 1991, the population of India increased by 163 million.
(a)  Express 163 million as a percentage of 683 million.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... %
(2)
In 2001, the population of India was 1028 million.
Between 2001 and 2011, the population of India increased by 17.6%
(b)  Increase 1028 million by 17.6%
Give your answer to the nearest million.

........................................................... million
(3)
In 2001, the population of India was 1028 million.
Between 1971 and 2001, the population of India increased by 87.6%
(c)  Work out the population of India in 1971.
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Give your answer correct to the nearest million.

........................................................... million
(3)
 
(Total for question = 8 marks)
 

Q22.

In January 2007 the population of Canada was 32 million.

7 million of these Canadian people spoke French as their first language.

(a) Express 7 million as a percentage of 32 million.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

........................................................... %
(2)

Between January 2007 and January 2009 the population of Canada increased by %.

(b) Increase 32 million by %.

Give your answer correct to the nearest million.
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........................................................... million
(3)

(Total for question is 5 marks)

Q23.
 
A school has 840 pupils and 40 teachers.

(a)  Find the ratio of the number of pupils to the number of teachers.
Give your ratio in the form n : 1

...........................................................: 1
(2)

In Year 11 at the school, the ratio of the number of pupils who study Chemistry to the number of
pupils who study Physics is 3 : 2

(b)  105 pupils in Year 11 study Chemistry.

Work out the number of pupils in Year 11 who study Physics.

...........................................................
(2)

For the 105 pupils who study Chemistry, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is
4:3

(c)  Work out the number of girls in Year 11 who study Chemistry.
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...........................................................
(2)
 
(Total for Question is 6 marks)

Q24.
 
In a school, there is a total of 640 children.
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 7 : 9
How many boys are there in this school?

...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q25.
 
The table shows information about the numbers of fish caught by 40 people in one day.

(a)  Work out the mean number of fish caught.

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...........................................................
(3)

(b)  Work out what percentage of the 40 people caught less than 2 fish.

........................................................... %
(2)

 
(Total for question = 5 marks)
Q26.
 
In 2014, Donald's weekly pay was $640
In 2015, Donald's weekly pay was $668.80
(a)  Work out the percentage increase in Donald's pay between 2014 and 2015

........................................................... %
(3)
In 2015, Donald's weekly pay was 95% of his weekly pay in 2016
(b)  Work out Donald's weekly pay in 2016

$ ...........................................................
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(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 

Q27.
 
The table gives some information about the average price of a litre of petrol in England.

(a)   Work out the percentage increase in the average price of a litre of petrol in England
between January 2007 and January 2012.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... %
(3)

The average price of a litre of petrol in England increased by 20% from January 2010 to
January 2012.
(b)   Work out the average price of a litre of petrol in England in January 2010.
Give your answer in pence, correct to 1 decimal place.
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........................................................... pence
(3)

(Total for Question is 6 marks)

Q28.

On 9th May, 2009, there were 3440 people in the world with swine flu.
Of these people, 1639 were in the USA.
(a) Express 1639 as a percentage of 3440
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

........................................................... %
(2)
The 3440 people who had swine flu on 9th May was an increase of 37.6% on
the number of people who had swine flu on 8th May.
(b) Calculate the number of people who had swine flu on 8th May.

...........................................................
(3)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

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Q29.

Joseph travels to work each day by train.

The weekly cost of his train journey is £45
Joseph's weekly pay is £625
(a) Work out 45 as a percentage of 625

...........................................................%
(2)
(b) The weekly cost of his train journey increases by 8%.
Increase £45 by 8%.

£...........................................................
(3)
(c) Joseph's weekly pay increases to £640
Calculate the percentage increase from 625 to 640

...........................................................%
(3)
(d) Joseph decides to cycle to work.
He cycles 18 km to work.
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His journey to work takes 1 hour 20 minutes.

Calculate his average speed in kilometres per hour.

...........................................................km/h
(3)

(Total for question = 11 marks)

Q30.
 
Louis makes a model of a plane.
The wingspan of the model is 50 centimetres.
The wingspan of the real plane is 80 metres.
(a)  Work out the scale of the model.
Give your answer in the form 1: n

1: ...........................................................
(2)
The length of the real plane is 72 metres.
(b)  Work out the length of the model.
Give your answer in centimetres.
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........................................................... centimetres
(2)
 
(Total for question = 4 marks)
 

Q31.
 
Sarah makes and sells mugs.
One day she makes 150 mugs.
Her total cost for making these mugs is £1140
Of these mugs

               are small mugs

              32% are medium mugs
and        the rest are large mugs
Here is Sarah's price list for selling each mug.

Sarah sells all 150 mugs.

Work out her percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.
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........................................................... %
 
(Total for question = 5 marks)
 

Q32.
 
Behnaz makes 300 celebration cards so that

of the birthday cards have numbers on them.

36% of the anniversary cards have numbers on them.
None of the congratulations cards have numbers on them.
Work out what fraction of the 300 cards have numbers on them.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 5 marks)
 
Q33.
 
Asha bought an apartment.
The table gives information about the value of apartments, in euros, and the annual service
charge band.

In 2021, the value of Asha's apartment was 634 400 euros.

The value of Asha's apartment had increased by 4% from its value in 2020
(a)  Has the annual service charge band changed for Asha's apartment?
Show your working clearly.

(3)
Pam bought a boat.
In each year after Pam bought the boat, the value of the boat depreciated by 15%
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(b)  Work out the total percentage by which the value of the boat had depreciated by the end of
the second year after Pam bought the boat.

...........................................................%
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 Q34.
 
Antoine is going on holiday.
He makes 3 separate payments to cover the total cost of his holiday.
The following table shows how much money Antoine pays to the holiday company.

Work out how much Antoine has to pay for Payment 2

$...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q35.

An airline increases the prices of its flights by 8%.

(a) Before the increase, the price of a flight to Cairo was £475
Work out the price of a flight to Cairo after the increase.
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£...........................................................
(3)
(b) The increase in price of a flight to Mumbai was £48
Work out the price of a flight to Mumbai after the increase.

£...........................................................
(3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q36.
 
(a)  Dilip buys a painting for $ 675
Later, he sells it and makes a percentage profit of 12%.

Work out the price for which Dilip sells the painting.

$ ...........................................................
(3)

(b)  Renuka sells her car.

She makes a loss of $ 2162
Her percentage loss is 23%.

Work out the price for which Renuka sells her car.

$ ...........................................................
(3)

(c)  Lin bought a computer that had a value of $ 1500

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At the end of each year, the value of her computer had depreciated by 40% of its
value at the start of that year.

Calculate the value of her computer at the end of 3 years.

$ ...........................................................
(3)
 
(Total for Question is 9 marks)

Q37.
 
The table shows the cost, in euros, of Brigitte's car insurance in each of the years 2016,
2017 and 2018

Brigitte says,
"The percentage increase in the cost of my car insurance from 2017 to 2018 is more than
the percentage increase in the cost of my car insurance from 2016 to 2017"
(a)  Is Brigitte correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

(4)
Henri wants to insure his car.
He gets a discount of 15% off the normal price.
Henri pays 952 euros for his car insurance after the discount.
(b)  Work out the discount that Henri gets.
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........................................................... euros
(3)
 
(Total for question = 7 marks)
 
Q38.
 
In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 15%.
(a)   The normal price of a washing machine is 270 dollars.
Work out the sale price of the washing machine.

........................................................... dollars
(3)

(b)   The normal price of a food processor is reduced by 13.50 dollars.

Work out the normal price of the food processor.

........................................................... dollars
(3)

(Total for Question is 6 marks)

Q39.
 
Victor buys 12 bottles of apple juice for a total cost of $21
Victor sells all 12 bottles at $2.45 each bottle.
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Work out Victor's percentage profit.

........................................................ %
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
 Q40.
 
The table gives information about the price of gold.

(a)  Work out the percentage increase in the price of gold between 1st February 2016 and 1st
March 2016
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

%
(3)
The price of one ounce of gold on 1st February 2016 was 1126.50 dollars.
The price of gold increased by 19% from 1st February 2016 to 1st July 2016
(b)  Work out the price of one ounce of gold on 1st July 2016
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.
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dollars
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 

Q41.
 
Josh buys and sells books for a living.
He buys 120 books for £4 each.

He sells of the books for £5 each.

He sells 40% of the books for £7 each.
He sells the rest of the books for £8 each.
(a)  Calculate Josh's percentage profit.

........................................................... %
(5)
One book that Josh owns had a value of £15 on the 1st May 2019
The value of this book had increased by 20% in the last year.
(b)  Find the value of the book on the 1st May 2018
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£ ...........................................................
(3)
 
(Total for question = 8 marks)
 

Q42.
 
Himari's annual salary is 3 130 000 Japanese Yen (JPY).
She gets a salary increase of 4%
(a)  Work out Himari's salary after this increase.

........................................................... JPY
(3)
Kaito bought a car.
The value of the car when Kaito bought it was 750 000 JPY.
At the end of each year, the value of his car had depreciated by 15%
(b)  Work out the value of Kaito's car at the end of 3 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest JPY.
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........................................................... JPY
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 

Q43.
 
Gladys buys a table for $465 to sell in her shop.
She sells the table for $520
(a)  Work out the percentage profit that Gladys makes from the sale of the table.
      Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... %
(3)
Gladys has a sale in her shop.
She decreases all the normal prices by 12%
The normal price of an armchair was $550
(b)  Work out the sale price of the armchair.
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$ ...........................................................
(3)
 
(Total for question = 6 marks)
 

Q44.
 
The table gives information about the average house price in England in 2018 and in 2019

(a)  Work out the percentage increase in the average house price from 2018 to 2019 Give your
answer correct to one decimal place.

........................................................... %
(2)
The average house price in 2019 was 7.7% greater than the average house price in 2017
(b)  Work out the average house price in 2017
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

£ ...........................................................
(3)
 
(Total for question = 5 marks)
 
Q45.
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On Monday, Nalim made a journey.

On Tuesday, she made the same journey.
Her average speed on Tuesday was 25% greater than her average speed on Monday.

Calculate the percentage reduction in the time her journey took on Tuesday compared
with Monday.

...........................................................%

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q46.
 
Andreas, Isla and Paulo share some money in the ratios 3 : 2 : 5
The total amount of money that Isla and Paulo receive is £76 more than the amount of money
that Andreas receives.
Andreas buys a video game for £48.50 with some of his share of the money.
Work out how much money Andreas has left from his share of the money when he has bought
the video game.

£ ...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 4 marks)
 Q47.

(a) There are 32 students in a class.

All the students are either left-handed or right-handed.
The ratio of the number of left-handed students to the number of right-handed
students is 1 : 7

Work out the number of right-handed students.

...........................................................
(2)
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(b) Sajid makes a scale model of a lorry.

He uses a scale of 1 : 32
The length of Sajid's model lorry is 45 cm.
Chitra makes a scale model of the same lorry.
She uses a scale of 1 : 72

Work out the length of Chitra's model lorry.

........................................................... cm
(3)

(Total for question is 5 marks)

Q48.
 
On a farm there are chickens, ducks and pigs.
The ratio of the number of chickens to the number of ducks is 7 : 2
The ratio of the number of ducks to the number of pigs is 5 : 9
There are 36 pigs on the farm.
Work out the number of chickens on the farm.

...........................................................
 
(Total for question = 3 marks)
 
Q49.

Green paint can be made by mixing yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 3
Wendy makes 15 litres of green paint.

Work out how many litres of blue paint Wendy uses.

...............................litres
 
(Total for question = 2 marks)
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