Percentages
Ratio
Proportion
Solving Problems
Conversions
100
What is 10% of 300? What is 1% of 300?
30 and 3
100
Reduce the ratio. 6:10
3:5
100
Three jars of jam cost £3.60. How much would 12 jars of jam cost?
What is £14.40
100
Divide £300 in the ratio 3:7
What is £90:£210
100
Convert 0.34 to a percentage
34%
200
What is 49% of 45
22.05
200
6 marbles are black and 15 are white. What is the ratio of white to black?
15:6
200
If there are 4 black marbles and 8 white marbles in a bag, what is the proportion of black marbles
What is 33%
200
Freda has 120 CDs. The ratio of pop to dance CDs is 5:7. How many of each type does she have?
50 pop CDs, 70 dance CDs
200
Convert 21/25 into a decimal
0.84
300
What is 62% of 365?
226.3
300
Reduce the ratio. 48:144
1:3
300
One liter of fruit squash contains 15cl of fruit concentrate and the rest is water. What proportion of the drink is fruit concentrate?
15%
300
There are 15 bottles on the wall. The ratio of green to brown bottles is 1:4. How many green bottles are there in the wall?
3 green bottles
300
Convert 80% into a decimal
0.8
400
Which is bigger 33% of 209 or 98% of 70
33% of 209 = 68.97 98% of 70 = 68.6
400
There are 500 lights on a Christmas tree. 200 are white, 80 are blue, 140 are green and the rest are yellow. What is the ratio of white:blue:green:yellow?
200:80:140:80
400
If 6 bars are red and 4 bars are white. What proportion of the bars are red?
60%
400
49 trains pass through Wycombe station each day. They go to Stratford or London in the ratio of 3:4. How many trains go to London each day?
28 trains go to London each day
400
Convert 71% into a fraction
71/100
500
Which is bigger 32% of 435 or 43% of 325?
32% of 435 = 139.2 43% of 325 = 139.75
500
Steve wears only red or black socks. The ratio of red to black socks is 1:3. If he doesn't favour any particular colour, what proportion of days will he wear red socks?
25%
500
A recipe for cake calls for 2 eggs, 350g of flour and 250ml of milk. The cake recipe feeds 4 people. How much of each ingredient will you need to make a cake for 12 people?
6 eggs, 1050g flour, 750ml milk
500
Share 400kg in the ratio 6:11:3
120kg : 220kg : 60kg
500
Convert 1/25 into a percentage
4%
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