Fractions And Percentages Worksheet Page 3
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28MEP Pupil Text 11
11.1
2
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16
=
=
5.
(a)
Complete the equation
3
15
?
7
(b)
Change
to a percentage.
(MEG)
20
6.
(a)
Water is poured into this jug.
Copy the diagram and show accurately the water
level when the jug is three-quarters full.
(b)
What percentage of the jug is filled with water?
(SEG)
7.
Plan of a garden
Vegetable
Patch
Orchard
Not to scale
Lawn
Pond
2
(a)
In the garden the vegetable patch has an area of 46.2
m
. The orchard has
2
an area of 133.6
m
.
What is the total area of the vegetable patch and the orchard? Give your
answer to the nearest square metre.
2
(b)
The garden has an area of 400
m
.
(i)
The lawn is 30% of the garden. Calculate the area of the lawn.
2
(ii)
A pond in the garden has an area of 80
m
. What percentage of the
garden is taken up by the pond?
(SEG)
11.2 Fractions and Percentages of Quantities
Percentages are often used to describe changes in quantities or prices. For example,
1
'30% extra free'
'10% discount'
'add 17
% VAT'
2
This section deals with finding fractions or percentages of quantities.
Worked Example 1
Find 20% of £84.
Solution
This can be done by converting 20% to either a fraction or a decimal.
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