Fractions And Percentages Worksheet Page 11
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28MEP Pupil Text 11
11.4
Exercises
1.
Find each of the following, giving your answers to the nearest penny.
(a)
32% of £50
(b)
15% of £83
(c)
12.6% of £40
(d)
4.7% of £30
(e)
6.9% of £52
(f)
3.7% of £18.62
(g)
0.8% of £4000
(h)
92.3% of £211
(i)
3.2% of £8.62
2.
(a)
Add 17.5% VAT to £415.
(b)
Add 3.2% interest to £1148.
(c)
Increase a salary of £15 000 by 1.6%.
(d)
Increase a price of £199 by 3.2%.
(e)
Decrease £420 by 7%.
(f)
Find the price of a £240 television offer with a 15% discount.
(g)
Find the price of an £11 999 car after a 22% discount.
3.
A portable CD player has a normal price of £150.
(a)
In a sale its normal price is reduced by 12%. Find the sale price.
(b)
After the sale, normal prices are increased by 2.5%. Find the new price of
the CD player.
4.
An ice cream firm sells 20 000 ice-creams during one summer month. They expect
sales to increase by 22% in the next month. How many ice-creams do they expect
to sell?
5.
Peter earns £9000 per year in his new job. He does not pay tax on the first £3500
he earns and pays 25% tax on the rest. How much tax does he have to pay?
6.
Richard and Debbie cancel their holiday at short notice. The travel agents refund
65% of the £420 they had paid. How much money do Richard and Debbie lose?
7.
A chocolate manufacturer decides to introduce a range of King Size bars which are
35% larger than normal. A normal bar weighs 150 grams. What would a King
Size bar weigh?
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8.
A midi-hifi costs £186 plus VAT at 17
%. Its price is increased by 4%. How much
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would you have to pay to buy the midi-hifi at the new price?
9.
A company pays a Christmas bonus of £120 to each of its employees. This is taxed
at 25%. One year they increase the bonus by 5%. How much does an employee
take home?
10.
A new gas supplier offers a 20% discount on the normal price and a further 5%
discount if customers pay directly from their banks. For one household the gas bill
is normally £100. Find out how much they have to pay after both discounts.
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