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The monthly budget for front of house is $\\var{a}$.  If $\\var{b}\\text{%}$ is spent on flowers, how much is spent on flowers?

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First find 10%, 5% and 1%.

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Add together what you need to make up the required percentage.

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Out of $\\var{c}$ people $\\var{d}\\text{%}$ have have brown hair.  How many people do not have brown hair?

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Work out what percentage of people do not have brown hair.

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Work out 50%, 25%, 10%, 5% and 1%.

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Combine together to get the correct percentage.

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A jumper is priced at £$\\var{f}$ in a sale there there is $\\var{g}\\text{%}$ off.  What is the sale price of the jumper?

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Work out 50%, 25%, 10%, 5%, 1%.

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Find out the amount of money to be removed.

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Subtract to find the sale price.

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Pupils spend $\\var{l}$ hours a week in lessons. $\\var{m}$ hours a week are allocated to English, what percentage of the lessons is this?

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Write it as a fraction of what you want over the total amount.

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If you need to: cancel the fraction down so the denominator goes into 100.

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Multiply your fraction up so that the denominator is equal to 100.

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The percentage is the value of the numerator.

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A television is reduced in price from $\\var{cc}$ by $\\var{dd}\\text{%}$.  What is the new price of the television?

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Work out the quick percentages.

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Combine to give the amount of the decrease.

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Take this value from the starting value.

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A market researcher wants to take a sample of $\\var{v}\\text{%}$ out of a group of applicants.  If there are $\\var{w}$ in the group what is the minimum number of people they need in the sample?

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Work out the quick percentages.

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Combine till you have the percentage amount.

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Round up to the nearest person (you cannot have point something of a person).

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In a small village $\\var{gg}$ people turn up to vote in the local election.  If there are $\\var{hh}$ residents in the village what percentage of the village turned up to vote?

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Make a fraction of those that turned up over total number of people.

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If you need to: cancel down the fraction of that the denominator goes into 100.

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Multiplty up the fraction so that the denominator is equal to 100.

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The percentage is the value of the numerator.

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A theatre sells ice ceam during the intervals of its show.  Last night $\\var{x}$ ice creams were sold of which $\\var{y}\\text{%}$ of them were strawberry flavour.  How many strawberry ice creams were sold?

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Work out the quick percentages.

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Combine to give the total number of strawberry ice creams sold.

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House prices are expected to increase next year by $\\var{z}\\text{%}$.  If your house is currently worth £$\\var{aa}$ how much will it be worth this time next year?

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Work out the quick percentages.

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Combine to work out the amount to increase it by.

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Add to the starting value.

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A pupil scored $\\var{n}\\text{%}$ in a test.  Later they scored $\\var{o}$ out of $\\var{p}$ in a second test.  What is the difference in the percentage scores?

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Take the second score and turn it into a fraction.

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Cancel down if needed so the denominator divides into 100.

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Multiply up so that the denominator is 100.

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The numerator is the percentage value.

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Work out the difference between the two percentages.

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If there are currently 7 billion people on the planet and the population is expected to rise by $\\var{bb}\\text{%}$ over the next year, how many people will there be next year?

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Work out the quick percentages.

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Combine to give the amount of the increase.

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Add to the starting value.

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A resturant has two specials on its menu.  Last night it sold $\\var{ee}$ specials in total of which $\\var{ff}$ were steak.  What percentage of the specials were steak?

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Write as a fraction of steaks over total amount of specials.

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If you need to: cancel down so that 100 can be divided by the denominator.

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Mutilply the fraction up so that the denominator is 100.

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The percentage is the value of the numerator.

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Red, green and yellow balls are in a bag; of which $\\var{h}\\text{%}$ of the balls are red and $\\var{j}\\text{%}$ green.  If there are $\\var{k}$ balls in the bag how many are yellow?

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Work out what percentage of the balls are yellow.

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Find the quick percentages.

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Combine to give the number of yellow balls.

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The area of a circle is $\\var{ii}\\pi$. If a sector is cut out of the circle with area $\\var{jj}\\pi$ what percentage of the circle is the sector?

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Write a fraction of the area of the sector over the total area.

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If you need to: cancel the fraction down so that the denominator goes into 100.

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Multiply up so that the denominator is equal to 100.

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The percentage is the value of the numerator.

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Each of the questions below check your understanding of the methods in the previous questions.

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You should be able to do these without a calculator.

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You can click show steps but you will lose all your marks for doing so.

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{"definition": "random(10..40) // random percentage less than 40 for red balls", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "h", "description": ""}, "k": {"definition": "random(100..50#50) // random number divisible by 50 total number of balls", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "k", "description": ""}, "j": {"definition": "random(10..40) // random percentage less than 40 for green balls", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "j", "description": ""}, "m": {"definition": "random([5,6,8,10,12]) // random number of hours allocated to English", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "m", "description": ""}, "l": {"definition": "random([20,25]) // random number from list for number of hours in lessons", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "l", "description": ""}, "o": {"definition": "random(18..p-1#6) // random number for score", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "o", "description": ""}, "n": {"definition": "random(60..80) // random percentage test score", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "n", "description": ""}, "q": {"definition": "random([0,1]) // random numbr of hours for a test to take", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "q", "description": ""}, "p": {"definition": "random([20,24,25,30,50,60,75,120,150]) // random total of marks in a test", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "p", "description": ""}, "s": {"definition": "random(10..30#5) // random percentage of extra time granted in the test", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "s", "description": ""}, "r": {"definition": "random(10..50#10) // random number of minutes for a test to take", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "r", "description": ""}, "u": {"definition": "random(10..50#10) // random starting time for test - minutes", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "u", "description": ""}, "t": {"definition": "random(9,10) // random starting time for test - hour", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "t", "description": ""}, "w": {"definition": "random(60..600#10) // random number of people in the group", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "w", "description": ""}, "v": {"definition": "random(30..45) // random percentage for sample size", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "v", "description": ""}, "y": {"definition": "random(20..80) // random percentage of ice creams that were strawberry", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "y", "description": ""}, "x": {"definition": "random(20..300#10) // random number of ice creams sold", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped 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These are worded questions on percentages.  They can be done without a calculator.

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