Fractions And Percentages Worksheet Page 8
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28MEP Pupil Text 11
Worked Example 4
David earns £400 per week and saves £30 towards the cost of a new car.
What percentage of his earnings does he save?
Solution
He saves £30 out of £400, which is
30
30
=
×
=
100
%
7 5
. %
.
400
400
Exercises
1.
Express each of the following as percentages.
(a)
8 out of 50
(b)
3 out of 25
(c)
8 out of 20
(d)
3 out of 10
(e)
6 out of 50
(f)
6 out of 40
(g)
12 out of 80
(h)
9 out of 30
(i)
27 out of 30
(j)
120 out of 300
(k)
84 out of 200
(l)
260 out of 400
(m)
28 out of 70
(n)
18 out of 60
(o)
51 out of 60
2.
In a class of 25 children there are 10 girls. What percentage of the class are girls
and what percentage are boys?
3.
The price of a bar of chocolate is 25p and includes 5p profit. Express the profit as
a percentage of the price.
4.
The value of a house is £40 000 and the value of the contents is £3 200.
Express the contents value as a percentage of the house value.
5.
In the crowd at a football match there were 28 000 Manchester United supporters
and 22 000 Tottenham supporters. What percentage of the crowd supported each
team?
6.
A school won a prize of £2000. The staff spent £1600 on a new computer and the
rest on software. What percentage of the money was spent on software?
7.
A book contained 80 black and white pictures and 120 colour pictures.
What percentage of the pictures were in colour?
8.
In a survey of 300 people it was found that 243 people watched EastEnders
regularly. Express this as a percentage.
9.
James needs another 40 football stickers to complete his collection. There is a total
of 500 stickers in the collection. What percentage of the collection does he have
already?
10.
A 600 ml bottle of shampoo contains 200 ml of free shampoo. What percentage is
free?
241
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