Percentages Toolkit

Work out $1.20 as a percentage of $16.

The number of passengers on a train increases from 63 to 77.

Calculate the percentage increase.

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Three people pick strawberries.

In 2016, they picked a total of 3500 kg of strawberries.
In 2017, they picked a total of 3080 kg of strawberries.

Work out the percentage decrease in the mass of strawberries they picked from 2016 to 2017.

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Ella wants to buy a car with a price of $13500.

The company reduces this price by 16%.

Ella then pays a deposit of $500.

Show that the amount left for her to pay is $10840.

Ella borrows $10 840 from a bank.
She pays this back over 3 years at a rate of $340 per month.

In 2015, there were 12400 visitors to a museum.
In 2016, there were 14100 visitors.

Calculate the percentage increase in the number of visitors from 2015 to 2016.

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The geography examination lasts for 1 hour 40 minutes.
Hari is allowed 25% extra time for his geography examination.

Work out the total time Hari has for this examination.
Give your answer in hours and minutes.

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Increase 42 by 16%.

Roberto buys a toy for $5.00 .
He then sells it for $4.60 .

Calculate his percentage loss.

In a football stadium there are 15000 seats.
10650 of these seats are occupied.

Find the percentage of the 15000 seats that are occupied.

Soraya makes flags.

Each flag costs $15 to make.

Soraya sells one flag for $21.

Calculate the percentage profit.

Last year the cost to keep a boat at a port was $14 per night.
This year the cost has increased by 12%.

Calculate the cost this year.

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The price of a television is $560.
This price is reduced by 18% in a sale.

Work out the sale price.

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The price of a watch increases from $18 to $19.17.

Find the percentage increase in the price of this watch.

15 woodwind instruments are oboes, flutes and clarinets.
20% of these instruments are oboes.
There are twice as many flutes as clarinets.

Find the number of flutes.

Yani’s house is for sale.
She decides to reduce the selling price of $240000 by 15%.

Calculate the new selling price.

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The price of a cake is .
At the end of the day, Lena reduces the price of each cake by .

Calculate the reduced price of a cake.

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Increase $22 by 15%.

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