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Question 1: Write down the multipliers that are equivalent to the following percentages
(a) 50% (b) 80% (c) 10% (d) 25%
(e) 45% (f) 95% (g) 5% (h) 3%
(i) 7% (j) 36% (k) 71% (l) 44%
(m) 0% (n) 175% (o) 104% (p) 160%
(q) 7.5% (r) 1.2% (s) 0.8% (t) 0.01%
Question 2: Work out
(a) 20% of 90cm (b) 70% of 3km (c) 15% of $4500
(d) 57% of £58650 (e) 3.9% of 40cm (f) 106% of 8km
Question 3: Write down the multipliers that are used to calculate a:
(a) 4% increase (b) 15% increase (c) 30% increase (d) 62% increase
(e) 29% increase (f) 70% increase (g) 1% increase (h) 100% increase
(i) 150% increase (j) 108% increase (k) 220% increase (l) 584% increase
(m) 1.5% increase (n) 2.8% increase (o) 0.3% increase (p) 0.09% increase
Question 4: Work out each of the following
(a) 60ml increased by 70% (b) £940 increased by 8% (c) 143g increased by 19%
(d) 405 increased by 8.3% (e) 1150 increased by 131% (f) 9kg increased by 0.05%
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Question 5: Write down the multipliers that are used to calculate a:
(a) 2% decrease (b) 8% decrease (c) 12% decrease (d) 15% decrease
(e) 30% decrease (f) 60% decrease (g) 72% decrease (h) 23% decrease
(i) 100% decrease (j) 1.6% decrease (k) 2.9% decrease (l) 11.5% decrease
(m) 0.6% decrease (n) 0.9% decrease (o) 0.38% decrease (p) 0.08% decrease
Question 6: Work out each of the following
(a) 80ml decreased by 4% (b) £480 decreased by 13% (c) 143g decreased by 40%
(d) 308 decreased by 1.2% (e) 2250 decreased by 0.5% (f) 9kg decreased by 6.03%
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Question 1: 250 students attend a primary school.
94% of the students go on a visit to the zoo.
How many students went to the zoo?
Question 2: A car salesman receives 3% commission on his total weekly sales.
Last week his total sales were £28500
How much commission does he earn?
Question 3: 9400 people attend a rugby match between Bristol and Bath.
77% of the fans are male.
How many females attend the match?
Question 4: Over the past 10 years, the population of an island has decreased by 2%
The population of an island 10 years ago was 240000
What is the population of the island now?
Question 5: Lily spends £60 a month on electricity.
By changing company, Lily can save 17%
How much would Lily pay each month?
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Question 6: David’s salary used to be £19,500 before he received a 8% pay rise.
Work out how much David is now paid?
Question 7: An empty sand pit weighs 6kg.
The weight of the sand pit increases to 50kg when \illed with sand.
A different sand pit is 14% heavier but holds 22% less sand.
Calculate the weight of this sand pit when it is full of sand.
Question 8: A shop decreases all its prices by 10%.
A week later the shop increases all prices by 10%.
What is the overall change?
Question 9: Chloe is given a 10% pay rise.
The next year Chloe is given another 10% pay rise.
Her manager says that Chloe’s pay has increased by 20% overall.
Explain why Chloe’s manager is wrong.
Question 10: Gordon is building a wardrobe.
The wood costs 30% more than he had estimated.
He needs 40% more than he had estimated.
How much more than his original estimate does the material for the wardrobe
cost?
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