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Percentages
Difficulty: Easy
Question Paper 1
Level IGCSE
Subject Maths (0580/0980)
Exam Board CIE
Topic Number
Sub‐Topic Percentages
Paper Paper 2
Difficulty Easy
Booklet Question Paper 1

Time allowed: 39 minutes

Score: /30

Percentage: /100

Grade Boundaries:

CIE IGCSE Maths (0580)


A* A B C D E
>88% 76% 63% 51% 40% 30%

CIE IGCSE Maths (0980)


9 8 7 6 5 4 3
>94% 85% 77% 67% 57% 47% 35%
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Question 1
Write 55 g as a percentage of 2.2 kg. [2]

Question 2
Work out 85 cents as a percentage of $2.03 . [1]

Question 3
From a sample of 80 batteries, 3 are faulty.

Work out the percentage of faulty batteries.


[1]

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Question 4
Jasjeet and her brother collect stamps.
When Jasjeet gives her brother 1% of her stamps, she has 2475 stamps left.

Calculate how many stamps Jasjeet had originally. [3]

Question 5
In a sale, the cost of a coat is reduced from $85 to $67.50 .
[3]
Calculate the percentage reduction in the cost of the coat.

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Question 6
7 The population of Dubai at the end of 2012 was 2.1 million.
This was predicted to increase at a rate of 6% each year.

Calculate the predicted population of Dubai at the end of 2015. [3]

Question 7
11 Anita buys a computer for $391 in a sale.
The sale price is 15% less than the original price.

Calculate the original price of the computer.


[3]

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Question 8
4 Calculate 17.5% of 44kg. [2]

Question 9
8 Emily invests $x at a rate of 3% per year simple interest. [3]
After 5 years she has $20.10 interest.

Find the value of x.

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Question 10
6 In 2012 the cost of a ticket to an arts festival was $30.

This was 20% more than the ticket cost in 2011. [3]
Calculate the cost of the ticket in 2011.

Question 11
The Tiger Sky Tower in Singapore has a viewing capsule which holds 72 people.
[2]
This number is 75% of the population of Singapore when it was founded in 1819.
What was the population of Singapore in 1819?

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Question 12
Samantha invests $600 at a rate of 2% per year simple interest.
[2]
Calculate the interest Samantha earns in 8 years.

Question 13
Maria pays $84 rent.
The rent is increased by 5%.
[2]
Calculate Maria’s new rent.

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