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4 Converting percentages, fractions and decimals

Homework
1 Write each percentage as a fraction in its lowest terms.
a 10% b 40% c 25% d 15% e 75% f 35%
g 12% h 28% i 56% j 18% k 42% l 6%
2 Write each percentage as a decimal.
a 87% b 25% c 33% d 5% e 1% f 72%
g 58% h 17.5% i 8.5% j 68.2% k 150% l 132%
3 Copy and complete the table.
Percentage Fraction Decimal

10%

20%

30%
4 If 45% of pupils walk to school, what
0.4
percentage do not walk to school?
5 If 84% of the families in a village own at 0.5
least one car, what percentage of the
families do not own a car? 0.6
6 In a local election, of all the people who
voted, 48% voted for Mrs Slater, 29%
voted for Mr Rhodes and the remainder
voted for Mr Mulley. What percentage
voted for Mr Mulley?
7 From his gross salary, Mr Hardy pays 20% income tax, 6% superannuation and 5% local tax.
What percentage is his net pay?
8 Write each fraction as a percentage.

a b c d e f
9 Write each decimal as a percentage.
a 0.23 b 0.87 c 0.09 d 0.235 e 1.8 f 2.34
10 Tom scored 68 marks out of a possible 80 marks in a geography test.
a Write his score as a fraction in its simplest form.
b Write his score as a decimal.
c Write his score as a percentage.
d His next test is of the same standard but is marked out of 50.
How many marks out of 50 does he need to improve his percentage score?

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