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    This document is a practice paper containing 10 word problems about finding percentages of quantities for 6th grade students. The problems involve calculating numbers of items or people based on given percentages. For example, one problem states that 200 cars are in a parking lot and 40% are green, and asks students to calculate the number that are not green. The document provides the questions to practice and space for students to show their work and write answers.

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    This document is a practice paper containing 10 word problems about finding percentages of quantities for 6th grade students. The problems involve calculating numbers of items or people based on given percentages. For example, one problem states that 200 cars are in a parking lot and 40% are green, and asks students to calculate the number that are not green. The document provides the questions to practice and space for students to show their work and write answers.

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    PRACTICE PAPER – 1 2nd Term (2022 - 2023)

    Name: Class: VI Roll: Section:

    Subject: Arithmetic Teachers: Imran Ahmed / Shadia .M. Hafiz Date:

     Please note that : this study material is NOT a PRACTICE WORKSHEET. This is just a
    Practice Paper (for B.W & C.W purpose) containing relevant sums on ‘Finding the
    percentage of a quantity’ that will be explained & solved in next Arithmetic classes
    consecutively as Board Work & Class Work.
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    Practice Paper on Word Problems from ‘ Finding the percentage of a quantity’.

    1. There are 200 cars in a multi-storey car park. Given that 40% of them are green, find the
    number of cars which are not green.

    2. There are 120 cars in a multi-storey car park. Given that 30% of them are blue, find the
    number of cars which are not blue.

    3. A school has 2500 students. Given that 5% of them were late for school on a particular day,
    find the number of students who were punctual for school.

    4. A class has 50 students. Given that 80% of them passed a Mathematics test, calculate the
    number of students who failed the test.

    5. A class has 40 students. Given that 75% of them passed an English Spelling test, calculate the
    number of students who failed the test.

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    6. A company finds that 7𝟐 % of the mobile phone sets made are defective. The company made 40000
    mobile phone sets. How many mobile phone sets were defective?

    7. A school has 1500 students. Given that 3% of them were late for school on a particular day,
    find the number of students who were punctual for school.

    8. A company has 15000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2008, 3.75% of them were
    retrenched, 45.25% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
    employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

    9. A company has 16000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2020, 2.25% of them were
    retrenched, 37.5% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
    employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

    10. A company has 12000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2008, 2.5% of them were
    retrenched, 50.75% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
    employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

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     Answers

    1. 120 cars.

    2. 84 cars.

    3. 2375 students

    4. 10 students

    5. 10 students

    6. 3000 sets

    7. 1455 students.

    8. 7650 employees

    9. 9640 employees.

    10. 5610 employees.

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