Mr Daniels Maths
Percentages: Problems

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Q1) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{17}{20}\) are yellow the rest are red. What percentage of the beads are red? 15%
Q1) There are 200 pencils in a draw, of colour purple,yellow and blue. 35% are purple and \(\frac{3}{10}\) are yellow, the rest are blue.
a) What percentage of the pencils are blue?
b) What fraction of the pencils are blue?
c) How many blue pencils are there?
a) 35% of the pencils are blue. b) \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the pencils are blue. c) 70 beads.
Q1) There is a large bar of chocolate. Steven eats 15% of the bar. Nathan eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Teagan has the rest which is 18 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? 36 blocks of chocolate.
Q2) There two colours of beads in a bag. 30% are red the rest are yellow. What fraction of the beads are yellow? \(\frac{7}{10}\)
Q2) There are three colour of beads in a tin, purple,red and blue. 45% are purple and \(\frac{3}{20}\) are red, the rest are blue.
a) What percentage of the beads are blue?
b) What fraction of the beads are blue?
a) 40% of the beads are blue. b) \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the beads are blue.
Q2) There is a large bar of chocolate. Kyra eats 40% of the bar. Teagan eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Hassan has the rest which is 5 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? 20 blocks of chocolate.
Q3) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{3}{4}\) are purple the rest are yellow. What percentage of the beads are yellow? 25%
Q3) There are 400 pens in a draw, of colour purple,green and red. 50% are purple and \(\frac{1}{5}\) are green, the rest are red.
a) What percentage of the pens are red?
b) What fraction of the pens are red?
c) How many red pens are there?
a) 30% of the pens are red. b) \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the pens are red. c) 120 beads.
Q3) There is a large bar of chocolate. Kyra eats 15% of the bar. Julie eats \(\frac{1}{10}\) of the bar. Joseph has the rest which is 9 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? 12 blocks of chocolate.
Q4) There two colours of beads in a bag. 40% are red the rest are purple. What fraction of the beads are purple? \(\frac{3}{5}\)
Q4) There are three colour of beads in a draw, green,blue and purple. 30% are green and \(\frac{9}{20}\) are blue, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the beads are purple?
b) What fraction of the beads are purple?
a) 25% of the beads are purple. b) \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the beads are purple.
Q4) There is a large bar of chocolate. Alex eats 35% of the bar. Eva eats \(\frac{3}{20}\) of the bar. Kyra has the rest which is 15 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? 30 blocks of chocolate.
Q5) There two colours of beads in a bag. \(\frac{3}{5}\) are blue the rest are yellow. What percentage of the beads are yellow? 40%
Q5) There are 600 pens in a packet, of colour yellow,green and purple. 35% are yellow and \(\frac{2}{5}\) are green, the rest are purple.
a) What percentage of the pens are purple?
b) What fraction of the pens are purple?
c) How many purple pens are there?
a) 25% of the pens are purple. b) \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the pens are purple. c) 150 beads.
Q5) There is a large bar of chocolate. Hammid eats 40% of the bar. Steven eats \(\frac{7}{20}\) of the bar. Teagan has the rest which is 12 blocks. How many blocks of chocolate were there to begin with? 48 blocks of chocolate.