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    This document contains a 50-question multiple choice and short answer test on percentages. The test covers calculating percentages, converting between percentages and decimals, applying percentages to calculate amounts, discounts, and profit margins. It also includes word problems involving percentages of amounts, percentage increases and decreases, and calculating total values given a percentage of the total.

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    Y8 - 4 Percentages

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    This document contains a 50-question multiple choice and short answer test on percentages. The test covers calculating percentages, converting between percentages and decimals, applying percentages to calculate amounts, discounts, and profit margins. It also includes word problems involving percentages of amounts, percentage increases and decreases, and calculating total values given a percentage of the total.

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    4 Percentages

    ● Time allowed: 45 minutes.


    ● Total possible marks: 50. Name: __________________________
    ● Answer all questions in the space provided.
    ● Approved scientific calculators may be used. Date: ___________________________
    ● Marks may be deducted for insufficient or illegible work.

    Multiple-choice Marks

    1 What percentage of the pentagon is C 1


    shaded?

    A 10% B 20% C 40% D


    80%
    2 98·6% as a decimal is: A 1
    A 0·986 B 98·6 C 986·0 D
    9·86
    3 3 D 1
    3
    5 as a percentage is:
    A 36% B 30·6% C 3·6% D
    360%
    4 8·73 as a percentage is: A 1
    A 0·873% B 873%
    C 8·73% D 0·0873%
    5 Which is the correct ascending order for 1
    1
    the following values: 60%, 0·54, 2 ?
    1 1
    A 60%, 0·54, 2 B 60%, 2 , 0·54
    1 1
    C 2 , 0·54, 60% D 0·54, 2 , 60%
    6 To calculate 8% of $450, you would use: 1
    8 450
    × 100= × 100=
    A 450 B 8
    8 100
    × 450= × 450=
    C 100 D 8

    1
    7 Coins’R’Us has 54·6 % of its total funds 1
    of $34 950 000 invested in shares. The
    value of the assets invested in shares is:
    A $190 827 B $640 109.90
    C $64 010 989 D $19 082 700
    8 5·8% of 88 is: 1
    A 0·05104 B 51·04
    C 5·104 D 0·5104
    9 If 1230 is decreased by 38%, the new 1
    value is:
    A 467·4 B 762·6
    C 1697·4 D 1230
    10 An item marked at $75 is to be 1
    discounted by 20%. Its sale price will be:
    A $15 B $60 C $75 D $80

    Short answer
    11 Convert the following to decimals: 3
    (a) 23·6%

    (b) 0·05%

    (c) 200%

    12 Convert the following to percentages: 3


    41
    (a) 100

    1
    (b) 8

    (c)

    13 Convert to percentages: 2
    (a) 0·05

    (b) 3·09

    14 What percentage is 3 minutes of 2 1


    hours?

    2
    15 Find: 2
    (a) 30% of 210

    (b) 34% of 25

    16 Find: 1
    2
    4
    3 % of 84

    17 A recent survey showed that, from their 3


    disposable income, the average family
    spends:
    Expenses
    32% on mortgage repayments
    30% on bills
    27% on food
    8% on entertainment

    (a) If the average family has $90 000 as


    disposable income, how much money is
    spent on expenses?

    (b) If the remaining amount is saved,


    what percentage of disposable income is
    saved?
    18 Determine the retail price after GST is 2
    added to the following:
    (a) $109
    (b) $34.67
    19 The membership of a tennis club 2
    increased by 35% during a six-month
    period. If the club had 200 members
    before this increase, find the number of
    members after the increase.

    20 A new car that had been purchased 12 2


    months ago for $32 000 has decreased in
    value by 22%. What is the current value
    of the car?
    21 Chemical analysis of a 27 g muesli bar 3
    showed that it contained 18·4 g of
    carbohydrates, 3·9 g of protein and 1·7 g
    of fat.

    3
    Determine the percentage of the muesli
    bar that is made up of:
    (a) carbohydrates
    (b) protein
    (c) fat.
    State your answers correct to one
    decimal place.
    22 Rob bought an ounce of gold for $1800 2
    and sold it a year later for $1350.

    (a) What is the loss as a percentage of


    the price it cost Rob to buy it?

    (b) What is the loss as a percentage of


    the price Rob charged the buyer?
    23 Olivia is out shoe shopping. 3
    Two stores have the following discount
    offers available:
    Store A: ‘Buy 2 pairs, get 50% off the
    second pair!’
    Store B: ‘20% off everything!’
    Olivia wants to buy two pairs of sandals.
    In both stores, the sandals she wants
    have a marked price of $45.
    Which store should Olivia buy them
    from?
    24 The members of a Year 8 class raised 2
    money for World Vision by doing the
    40-hour famine. Shu-Min raised
    $147.80, which was 15% of the money
    raised by the whole class. How much
    money did the whole class raise?
    25 (a) Find the GST paid on a computer if 2
    its retail price is $1644.50.

    (b)What was the price before GST?

    26 A clothing store buys a pair of jeans for 4


    $17 and wants to make a profit of 120%
    when they are sold.
    (a) How much profit is this, as an
    amount of money?

    (b) What should the selling price of the


    jeans be?
    27 Charles bought a T-shirt for $21.21 3
    during a 15% off sale.

    4
    (a) What percentage of the full price did
    Charles pay?

    (b) How much would the T-shirt cost


    normally?

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