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Thursday, 11 September 2014

Word Problems - Fractions and Percentages

1. In a survey conducted among 180 school children, 1/2 of them came to school by walk, 1/6 of them came to school by bus, 1/5 of them told they came to school by car and the rest came to school by bicycle. How many children cycle to school?

2. Nikki had £36. She spent 3/4 of her money to buy a birthday gift for her mother. She spent 1/3 of the money left to buy a sandwich for her. She put the money left over in her piggy bank. How much money did she put in the piggy bank?

3. John spent 50% of the money he had to buy movie tickets and 45% to take his family for dinner. If he had money £150, how much money did he spend?

4. James wants to save £200. If he saves 10% of the money in 1 week, how much money will he save 7 weeks? How long will it for him to save the whole amount?

5. A pair of boots costs £55.00. It was on sale for 20% off. How much would it cost?

6. There are 42 seats in a coach. 1/2 of them are occupied by adults. 1/3 of them are occupied by children. Rest were empty. How many seats were empty?

7. A survey was conducted about the favourite ice cream flavour. 
45% liked vanilla, 20% liked  chocolate, 5% liked mint with chocolate chip and the rest liked toffee. What percentage of the people surveyed liked toffee?

8. Sara counted the coins in her piggy bank. She had 120 coins in total. 25% of them were 1 penny,  20% of them were 2p, 10% were 5p, 15% were 10p, 15% were 50p and the rest were 20p. What percentage of the coins she had  were had were 20p?
How much money did she have in total?

9. A train goes from London to Manchester 360 passengers. 2/5 of the passengers were men, 1/3 of them were women and the rest were children. How many children were on the train?

10. 80% of the pupils in a class went for the Paris trip. If 5 pupils did not go on the trip, find the total number the pupils in the class?



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