EXPRESS A NUMBER AS A PERCENTAGE OF ANOTHER WORKSHEET

Express the first quantity as a percentage of the second :

Problem 1 :

10 km, 50 km

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Problem 2 :

€2, €8

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Problem 3 :

300 m, 0.7 km

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Problem 4 :

60 cents, $2

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Problem 5 :

8 months, 2 years

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Problem 6 :

50 g, 1.2 kg

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Problem 7 :

24 min, 2 hours

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Problem 8 :

0.5 m, 25 cm

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Problem 9 :

5 mg, 2 g

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Problem 10 :

3 weeks, 15 days

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Problem 1 :

For every 50 students at Hightown School, 29 are girls.

(a) Work out 29 as a percentage of 50.

1000 students attend Hightown School.

(b) How many girls attend Hightown School?

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Problem 2 :

David receives $5 from his Grandmother. He gives $2 to his sister. Write down $2 as a percentage of $5.

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Problem 3 :

Roger scores 6 out of 8 in a quiz. Work out his score as a percentage.

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Problem 4 :

Susan brings 500 flapjacks to a local fair. Susan sells 450 of the flapjacks. What percentage of the flapjacks did Susan sell?

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Problem 5 :

Write 94 out of 200 as a percentage.

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Problem 6 :

Colin gains 13 out of 20 in a class test. Work out his mark as a percentage.

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Problem 7 :

There are 600 people at a football match. There 222 children at the match. Write 222 out of 600 as a percentage.

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Problem 8 :

Bryan buys a car costing $15000. He pays a deposit $6000. What is $6000 as a percentage of $15000?

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Problem 9 :

The price of a cinema ticket is reduced from $8 to $7.50 Calculate the reduction as a percentage of the original price

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Problem 10 :

The population of a country is 2.85 x 10⁶. The number of people that own a rabbit is 1.24 x 10⁵. Calculate the percentage of the population that own a rabbit.

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