Maths

Higher Tier

Number Revision

Percentages
Percentages
'Percent' means 'out of 100'. If 90 per cent of the population owns a mobile phone, this means 90
out of every 100 people have one. The symbol '%' means per cent.

Key Point: A percent is just a fraction whose denominator (bottom) is 100.

So, if we say 52%, what we mean is .

Remember: Take care when asked to find the original price of something.

E.g. A TV set costs 190 in the sale.

What did it cost before the sale?

The answer is NOT 199.50!

Skills you need: To change back and forward from percentages to fractions and
decimals

Simple and Compound Interest

Percent Change

Percentages of Amounts

Revision: MyMaths Number Percentages

Calculate the amount he has in his account after 2 years.

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2. Sarah puts 8600 in a bank. The bank pays compound interest of 3.8% per year.

Caluclate the amount Sarah has in her account after 4 years.

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3. Mary deposits 10000 in an account which pays 5.6% compound interest per year.

How much will Mary have in her account after 5 years?

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4. Laura buys a new car for 14600.

The annual rate of depreciation 23%.

How much is the car worth after 3 years?

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5. Dave places 17000 in an account whic pays 4% compound interest per year.

How many years will it take before he has 19122.68 in the bank?

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6. A bike is sold for 199.99 including 17.5% VAT.

What was the priceof the bike before the VAT was added?

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7. Beckys wage increases from 5.31 per hour to 6.05 per hour.

What percent increase is this?

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8. Micks weekly wage is now 343.75 following a 25% increase.

What was his wage before the increase?

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9. 65% of the members of a sports club are male.

If there are 245 female members how many members are there altogether.

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10. Four friends share a meal which costs 26.50. They decided to leave a 20% tip.

If the total is shared equally how much will each friend pay?

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11. A coat priced at 57.00 is reduced to 51 in a sale.

What percent reduction is this?

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12. Ashley scored 31 out of 40 in a test.

What percent did he get?

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13. Increase 420 by 32%

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14. In a survey 38% of people picked football as their favourite sport.

How many degrees would you need to shoe this on a pir chart?

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15. The population of Gemtown at the end of 2006 was 354.

If the population had incresed by 18% during the year what was the population at the end of
2005?

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16. A market trader buys 25kg of apples at 40p per kg. She makes 70% profit on the first 20kg of
apples she sells. The rest she sells for 80% of the price she paid fot them.

How much profit did she make?

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