1.
Work out 50% of 46
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2. There are 30 students in a class.
10% of the students are left handed.
How many students in the class are left handed?
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3. A bag contains 800 sweets.
25% of the sweets are red.
Work out how many red sweets are in the bag.
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4. Work out 75% of 300
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(2)
5. Work out 20% of 90
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6. Work out 80% of 40
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(2)
7. A bag of sugar contains 420g.
A special offer packet contains an extra 15%.
Work out how much extra sugar is in the special offer packet.
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(2)
8. Freya says “50% of 30 is equal to 30% of 50.”
Show Freya is correct.
(2)
9. Logan has two tubs of beads.
5% of the 600 beads in Tub A are yellow.
4% of the 900 beads in Tub B are yellow.
Work out the total number of yellow beads in the tubs.
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(4)
10. A new car is priced at £7500
In a sale it is reduced by 20%
Calculate the reduction in price.
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(2)
11. 1400 students attend a school.
51% of the students travel to school by bus.
Work out how many students travel to school by bus.
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12. Work out 3% of $600
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13. Last month, 15% of patients were late for their appointments.
(a) What percentage of patients were not late for their appointments?
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(1)
920 patients had appointments last month.
(b) Work out how many patients were late for their appointments.
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(2)
14. Mary wins £400
She gives 50% to her mother Mary
gives 20% to her sister. She
keeps the rest.
Work out how much each person receives.
Mother £........................
Sister £........................
Mary £........................
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15. Barry’s salary is £28000 and he is due to get an increase of 5%.
Calculate how much this increase will be.
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16. Two glasses contain orange juice.
A 400ml glass is 40% full.
A 300ml glass is half full.
Which class contains less orange juice?
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(3)
17. Work out 45% of 540
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(2)
18. Increase 360 by 20%
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(2)
19. Decrease 800 by 15%
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(2)
20. The price of a car tyre is £140
The price is reduced by 25%
Calculate the new price of the car tyre.
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(2)
21. Harry wants to buy a motorbike that costs £1400
He saves 40% of his wages each month.
Each month Harry earns £500
Calculate how many months it will take Harry to save enough money.
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(3)
22. There are 20,000 fans at a football match.
12% of the fans are women.
Work out how many women attended the match.
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(2)
23. At Frome International train station, 35% of trains were late in a week.
In that week there were 440 trains.
Calculate how many trains were on time.
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(3)
24. Ione makes 240 cupcakes.
A third of the cupcakes are chocolate.
15% of the cupcakes are lemon.
The rest of the cupcakes are vanilla.
Work out the fraction of the cupcakes that are vanilla.
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25. Work out 98% of 700
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26. Work out 175% of 48
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(2)
27. An annual train ticket from Telford to Birmingham costs £2500
Next year the price of the annual ticket will increase by 3%
Work out the price of the annual ticket from Telford to Birmingham next year.
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28. A company is hosting a charity meal.
800 people work for the company.
It is estimated 70% of the employees will attend.
It is expected that if an employee attends, they will bring a partner.
The cost of attending the meal is £9
Work out how much money should be raised for charity?
£........................
(4)
29. 860000 people live in a city.
55% of the people who live in the city wear glasses.
Work out the number of people who live in the city that wear glasses.
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(2)
30. Darren claims if he increases a number by 10% and increases his answer by
10%, that that would be an increase of 20% overall.
Show Darren is incorrect.
(3)
31. Some students sit an exam.
The pass mark is 80%.
There are 40 marks in each test.
Here are the results:
Work out fraction of the students passed the exam.
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32. 128 out of the 140 counters in a box are red.
Elena adds 60 more counters to the box.
81% of the counters in the box are now red.
Work out how many of the 60 counters Elena added to the box were red.
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33. 600 students applied for a place on a college course.
35% of the students were invited to an interview.
20% of the students at the interview were given a place on a course.
Work out how many of the 600 students were not given a place on the course.
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(3)
34. In a country, people have to pay tax on their salary as shown.
David earns £36000
Calculate how much tax he pays.
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35. A restaurant share the total tips between the waiting staff and the kitchen staff.
The 5 waiting staff equally share 60% of the total tips.
The 8 kitchen staff equally share the rest of the total tips.
The total tips one week were £1600
Work out how much more a member of the waiting staff receives than a member
of the kitchen staff.
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(4)
36. Jessica wants to buy 25 candles from Corbett’s Candles.
Work out the cost of buying 25 candles in the sale.
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