%
These lesson notes are available from www.piLEARN.com
They may be freely duplicated and distributed but copyright remains with the author.
2015 Martin Hansen
PERCENTAGES I
Chapter 1
Percentages : Year 9
Non Calculator
Once you know this table you can convert many other, apparently more awkward,
fractions into percentages.
1.2 Examples
Example 1.
Convert the following common fractions into percentages;
(i) ( ii ) ( iii )
3 3 1
5 20 8
( iv ) (v) ( vi )
1 7 17
200 5 10
Example 2.
What percentage of the grid is shaded ?
(i) ( ii )
Fractions like , , are often called common fractions or vulgar fractions as opposed to decimal
fractions, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75. The word fraction on its own can mean either.
1.3 Exercise
Question 1.
Convert the following common fractions into percentages;
(i) ( ii ) ( iii )
2 7 3
5 20 4
( iv ) (v) ( vi )
3 7 2
20 25 3
( vii ) ( viii ) ( ix )
13 4 12
50 5 25
(x) ( xi ) ( xii )
11 3 3
20 100 50
( xiii ) ( xiv ) ( xv )
8 13 5
5 10 4
Question 2.
What percentage of the grid is shaded ?
(i) ( ii )
Question 3.
Convert the following percentages into common fractions;
(i) 10% ( ii ) 15% ( iii ) 50%
( iv ) 20% (v) 66 23 % ( vi ) 8%
Question 4.
(i) Shade in 40% ( ii ) Shade in 50%
Question 1.
^ ^ In tests 7 out of every 10 cat owners said that their
o o cat preferred purrfecta cat food.
% What percentage of cats is this ?
#Purrcentages < == >
Question 2.
A sign advertising a can of Lilt claims that it contains 20% extra free.
As a vulgar fraction how much extra is this ?
(Chose one answer)
1 1
A 5 B 3
1 1
C 4 D 6
Question 3.
A sign advertising a can of Fanta claims that it contains 23 extra free.
As a vulgar fraction how much extra is this ?
(Chose one answer)
A 33 13 % B 12.5%
C 66 23 % D 75%
Question 4.
Write the following vulgar fractions as percentages;
2 3 2
(i) 5 ( ii ) 4 ( iii ) 25
3 17 7
( iv ) 20 (v) 100 ( vi ) 50
Question 5.
Write the following percentages in the form of common fractions;
(i) 30% ( ii ) 60% ( iii ) 5%
Question 6.
Rewrite each of the following test results as a percentage;
(i) In a 10 mark test Leighton gets 7 questions correct.
Question 7.
(i) Write down the name of each month that starts with the letter J.
Question 8.
Which is the odd one out ?
Give a reason for your answer.
Answer 1.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii )
3 3 1 1 1
= 3 20% = 3 5% =
5 20 8 2 4
1
= 60% = 15% = 25%
2
= 12%
( iv ) (v) ( vi )
1 1 7 17
= 1% = 7 20% = 17 10%
200 2 5 10
= % = 140% = 170%
Answer 2.
(i) ( ii )
20 4 12 1
= = 80% = 12
25 5 25 25
= 12 4%
= 48%
1.5.3 Solutions (1.3 Exercise)
Answer 1.
(i) 40% ( ii ) 35% ( iii ) 75%
( iv ) 15% (v) 28% ( vi ) 66 23 %
( vii ) 26% ( viii ) 80% ( ix ) 48%
(x) 55% ( xi ) 3% ( xii ) 6%
( xiii ) 160% ( xiv ) 130% ( xv ) 125%
Answer 2.
(i) ( ii )
5 1 9
= = 20% = 9 4% = 36%
25 5 25
Answer 3.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii )
1 3 1
3 5% =
10 20 2
( iv ) (v) ( vi )
1 2 2
2 4% =
5 3 25
( vii ) ( viii ) ( ix )
7 3 3
3 4% =
10 100 25
(x) ( xi ) ( xii )
7 9 19
7 4% = 9 5% = 100% 5% =
25 20 20
( iii ) ( xiv ) ( xv )
4 8 24
8 4% = 100% 4% =
5 25 25
Answer 4.
(i) 40% ( ii ) 75% ( iii ) 8%
( iv ) 15% (v) 17% ( vi ) 14%
Answer 5.
3 3 1
(i) 10 ( ii ) 5 ( iii ) 20
1 99 1
( iv ) 10 (v) 100 ( vi ) 4
Answer 6.
(i) 70%
( ii ) 95%
( iii ) 92%
( iv ) 85%
Answer 7.
(i) January, June, July
( ii ) 25%
Answer 8.
Buy one get one free.
Because you have to spend more in order to then get the half price offer.
2.2 Examples
Example 1. Example 2.
Increase 50 by 20% Increase 25 by 40%
Example 3. Example 4.
Increase 40 by 30% Increase 75 by 12%
2.3 Exercise
Question 1. Question 2.
Increase 90 by 10% Increase 80 by 25%
Question 3. Question 4.
Increase 50 kg by 60% Increase 20 cm by 75%
Question 5. Question 6.
Increase 50 by 30% Increase 6 by 50%
Question 7. Question 8.
Increase 40 by 5% Increase 40 by 15%
Question 12.
Make this rectangle 20% wider and 40% higher.
Question 13.
Question 14.
Question 15.
Question 17.
Increase the number of circles by 40%
Question 18.
50%
( ii ) Increase 16 by 37%
Answer 1. Answer 2.
50 20% 25 2 20%
50 1 50 1
= =
1 5 1 5
= 10 = 10
New price is 60 New price is 35
Answer 3. Answer 4.
40 3 10% 75 3 4%
120 1 225 1
= =
1 10 1 25
= 12 = 9
New price is 52 New price is 84
Answer 1. Answer 2.
99 100
Answer 3. Answer 4.
80 kg 35 cm
Answer 5. Answer 6.
65 9
Answer 7. Answer 8.
42 46
Answer 12.
Answer 18.
(i)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
12.5% 25% 37.5% 50% 62.5% 75% 87.5% 100% 112.5%
( ii ) 22
( iii ) 104
3.2 Examples
Example 1. Example 2.
Decrease 480 by 25% Decrease 180 by 5%
Example 3. Example 4.
Decrease 20 by 30% Decrease 40 by 15%
3.3 Exercise
Question 1. Question 2.
Decrease 75 by 4% Decrease 500 by 80%
Question 3. Question 4.
Decrease 12 kg by 10% Decrease 45 cm by 66 23 %
Question 5. Question 6.
Decrease 20 by 70% Decrease 100 by 13%
Question 7. Question 8.
Decrease 36 by 75% Decrease 55 by 40%
Question 12.
If 15% of men are colour blind how many men would you expect to be colour blind
in a crowd of 500 men ?
Question 13.
In a packet of pineapple and pear flavoured sweets, for every 3 pineapple sweets
there are 2 pear sweets.
What percentage of the sweets are pineapple flavoured ?
Question 14.
A summer stunner cocktail is formed by mixing the following;
2 parts apple juice,
5 parts ginger ale,
1 part ice.
What percentage of a summer stunner is apple juice ?
Question 15.
9 out of 15 cat owners said that there cat preferred meusic cat food.
(It's the food that'll make your cat sing)
What percentage of cats is this ?
Question 16.
The value of an electronic resistor is guaranteed to be 60 plus or minus 5%.
Between what two actual values might the resistor's stated value lie ?
Question 17.
400 is placed in a savings account.
The rate of interest is 20% per annum.
If the money earned on the account is placed back into the account, how much money
will there be in the account after;
(i) 1 year
( ii ) 2 years
( iii ) 3 years
Question 18.
Write the following percentages as fractions using the hint given;
1
(i) 36% hint : 36% = 9 4% = 9 25
( iv ) 52%
Answer 1. Answer 2.
480 25% 180 5%
480 1 180 1
= =
1 4 1 20
= 120 New price is 360 = 9 New price is 171
Answer 3. Answer 4.
20 3 10% 40 3 5%
60 1 120 1
= =
1 10 1 20
= 6 New price is 14 = 6 New price is 34
4.1 Percentage Of
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 3 4 5 10 20 25 50 100
50% 33 13 % 25% 20% 10% 5% 4% 2% 1%
4.2 Examples
Example 1.
What percentage of 50 kg is 30 kg ?
Example 2.
What percentage of 40 marks are 6 marks ?
Example 3.
What percentage of 2.80 is 2.10 ?
4.3 Exercise
Question 1. Question 2.
What percentage of 12 is 4 ? What percentage of 15 is 6 ?
Question 3. Question 4.
What percentage of 75 is 50 ? What percentage of 50 fish is 3 fish ?
Question 5. Question 6.
What percentage of 25 kg is 20 kg ? What percentage of 9.90 is 3.30 ?
Question 7.
State what percentage of this sentence's letters are vowels.
Question 8.
Peter gets only one question wrong in a twenty question test.
What percentage of questions has he got correct ?
Question 9.
Here is a grid of prime numbers less than 100.
PRIMES 2 3 5 7
LESS 11 13 17 19
THAN 23 29
100 31 37
41 43 47
53 59
61 67
71 73 79
83 89
97
What percentage of the integers less than 100 are prime ?
Question 10.
In a laboratory, 400 beefburgers are tested for horse DNA.
The tests show that 16 of the beefburgers contain horse DNA .
What percentage of the beefburgers tested contain horse DNA ?
Question 11. Question 12.
What percentage of $80 is $12 ? What percentage of 25 is 4 ?
Question 13.
1
(i) Increase 50 by 4 ( ii ) Increase 60 by 25%
3
( iii ) Increase 32 by 4 ( iv ) Increase 88 by 75%
Question 14.
1
(i) Decrease 35 by 5 ( ii ) Decrease 65 by 20%
4
( iii ) Decrease 55 by 5 ( iv ) Decrease 80 by 80%
Question 15.
Robert spends 27% of his time sleeping, and 34% of his time working.
How much time is left for him to do something else ?
Question 16.
An estate agent charges 2% commission on every house he sells.
How much commission will he earn on a house that he sells for 340 000 ?
Question 17.
For each of the following shapes, state what percentage is shaded.
Question 18.
(i) What is 5% of 60 ? ( ii ) What is 15% of 60 ?
Question 19.
(i) What is 4% of 125 ? ( ii ) What is 16% of 125 ?
( iv ) In the space below draw an accurate Pie Chart to represent this information.
30 3 6 3 210 3
= = =
50 5 40 20 280 4
60 % 15 % 75 %
Answer 13.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii ) ( iv )
62.50 75 56 154
Answer 14.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii ) ( iv )
28 52 11 16
Answer 18.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii ) ( iv ) (v) ( vi )
3 9 33 51 81 33
Answer 19.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii ) ( iv ) (v) ( vi )
5 20 40 120 180 10
Answer 20.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii ) ( iv ) (v) ( vi )
90 108 144 PC 5% 18
These lesson notes are available from www.piLEARN.com
They may be freely duplicated and distributed but copyright remains with the author.
2015 Martin Hansen
Chapter 5
Percentages : Year 9
Non Calculator
5.1 TEST
A useful table of common fractions with percentage equivalents
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 3 4 5 10 20 25 50 100
50% 33 13 % 25% 20% 10% 5% 4% 2% 1%
Question 1.
Convert the following common fractions into percentages;
(i) ( ii ) ( iii )
4 3 3
5 20 25
( iv ) (v) ( vi )
13 24 9
50 25 20
( vii ) ( viii ) ( ix )
47 41 5
50 100 4
(x) ( xi ) ( xii )
11 21 1
20 20 8
Question 2.
What percentage of the grid is shaded ?
(i) ( ii ) ( iii ) ( iv )
Question 3.
Convert the following percentages into common fractions;
The fractions should be in as simple a form as possible.
(i) 30% ( ii ) 75% ( iii ) 8%
( iv ) 60% (v) 66 23 % ( vi ) 6%
Question 4.
(i) Shade in 4% ( ii ) Shade in 20%
Question 7. Question 8.
Increase 40 kg by 15% Increase 200 by 17%
Question 15.
Mavis gets only one question wrong in a twenty-five question test.
What percentage of questions has she got correct ?
Question 16.
Here is a grid of square numbers.
SQUARES 1 4 9
UP TO 16
100 25
36
49
64
81
100
What percentage of the first 100 integers are square ?
Question 17.
In a hospital, 40 toilets are tested for a superbug.
The tests show that 14 of the toilets were contaminated by the superbug.
What percentage of the toilets tested were contaminated by the superbug ?
Question 18.
Rachael eats 49% of a lemon drizzle cake, and Michael eats 37% of it.
How much cake remains for me to eat ?
Question 19.
An second hand car salesman charges 4% commission on every car he sells.
How much commission will he earn on a car that he sells for 13 000 ?
Question 20.
(i) What is 4% of 250 ? ( ii ) What is 16% of 50 ?
( iv ) In the space below draw an accurate Pie Chart to represent this information.
Answer 1.
(i) 80% ( ii ) 15% ( iii ) 12%
( iv ) 26% (v) 96% ( vi ) 45%
( vii ) 94% ( viii ) 41% ( ix ) 125%
(x) 55% ( xi ) 105% ( xii ) 12 12 %
Answer 2.
(i) 50% ( ii ) 60% ( iii ) 75% ( iv ) 65%
Answer 3.
(i) ( ii ) ( iii )
3 3 2
10 4 25
( iv ) (v) ( vi )
3 2 3
5 3 50
( vii ) ( viii ) ( ix )
4 24 99
4 4% =
25 25 100
(x) ( xi ) ( xii )
4 9 11
3 4 25
Answer 4.
(i) 1 square shaded ( ii ) 5 squares shaded
( iii ) 6 squares shaded ( iv ) 23 squares shaded
i.e. 2 squares NOT shaded
Answer 5. Answer 6.
88 150 cm
Answer 7. Answer 8.
46 kg 234
Answer 17.
14 7
= which is 35%
40 20
Answer 20.
(i) 10 ( ii ) 8
( iii ) 24 ( iv ) 120
(v) 385 ( vi ) 16
Answer 21.
(i) 72 ( ii ) 108
( iii ) 90
( iv ) Pie Chart
(v) 25%
( vi ) 90