Tuesday, 21 September 2010

10B2 - Percentage homework - 22/09/2010

Question 1 - Use spider percentage method to work out the following percentages
a.  Find 25% of 36
b.  Find 16% of 22
c.  Find 75% of 84
d.  Find 66% of 53

Question 2 - Write down method used
To answer this type of question it is helpful to know what the different numbers mean.  In part b, we have
Find 16 as a percentage of 64.
In this case 64 is the quantity that is equal to 100%, we need to work out, if 64
is equal to 100%, was is 16 equal to.

To do this
STEP 1
We divide 16 by 64, which will give us the decimal 0.25 or a fraction of 16 over 64 which can be cancelled to a quarter.
STEP 2
We then times it by 100 to turn the decimal or fraction in to a percentage. 0.25 or a quarter times 100 gives 25%





a.  Find 40 as a percentage of 100
b.  Find 16 as a percentage of 64
c.  Find 12 as a percentage of 20
d.  Find 33 as a percentage of 44

Question 3


 - Write down method used



Out of 52 people who take a driving test, 34 people pass.
    What percentage of people:

a.  pass?
b.  fail?




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