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    Answers to Coursebook exercises

    11 Percentages

    ✦ Exercise 11.1 Calculating percentages


    1 , 30% = 3 , 37 1 % = 3 , 45% = 9 , 50% = 1 , 60% = 3
    1 5% = 20 10 2 8 20 2 5
    2 a 0.15 b 0.05 c 0.9 d 0.065 e 1.5
    3 a 15 kg b 750 litres c $120 d 84 g
    4 a 4.5 cm b 36 people c 800 d 5
    5 a $11.61 b 159.6 c 3441 d 552
    6 a All of them! b A 60, B 164, C 33, D 63, E 11.5
    7 a 2.1 b 5.1 c 32.1 d 35.1
    8 a 88.06 b 57.12 c 72.59 d 22.02 (or 22.015) e 15.47
    9 a 336 b 20% c 84
    10 a red 1702, blue 1288, yellow 920 b 15%
    11 a 33 200 b 6800 c 17%
    12 a copper 28.5 g, tin 1.5 g b copper 950 g, tin 50 g
    13 a 74% b chromium 25.2 g, nickel 11.2 g c 36 t of chromium, 16 t of nickel
    14 Germany 82 million, France 66 million, Spain 47 million, Sweden 9 million
    15 men 2362, women 1350, boys 1181, girls 731 (rounding ‘women’ up has given a total of 5624)
    16 17 600
    17 All are 15.36 except 18% of 84 and 9% of 168 which are 15.12.

    ✦ Exercise 11.2 Percentage increases and decreases


    1 a $9 b $69 c $51
    2 a 2240 b 5440 c 960
    3 a 0.38 b 19.38 c 18.62
    4 a $264 b $360 c $408 d $480 e $528
    5 52 000
    6 a 1.809 m
    7 a $196, $364, $133 and $301 b $426
    8 A $448, B $679, C $421, D $877
    9 Ace $15 484, Beta $16 902, Carro $20 961, Delta $23 737
    10 a $88 b 10% of $88 is $8.8 so the price will be below $80. c $79.20
    11 a $480 b $96 c $576

    Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013 Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics 8 1


    Unit 11 Answers to Coursebook exercises

    F Exercise 11.3 Finding percentages


    1 a Science 70%, History 85%, Geography 67.5%, English 74%, Maths 84%, Art 57% b History
    2 a 55.6% b 44.4%
    3 a 65% b 35%
    4 a 40% b 60% c 48.6% and 51.4%
    5 a 61% b 29% c 40%
    6 a $45 b 18%
    7 10%, 7.5% and 6%
    8 a China 17.1%, India 40.2%, Indonesia 30.4%, Japan 4.1%, Nigeria 61.2%, United States 22.5%
    b 30.2% c 19.4%
    9 a A 6.8% reduction, B 11.6% reduction, C 3.3% increase, D 14.7% decrease
    b D had the largest percentage decrease.
    10 a 27% b 34% c 113%

    F Exercise 11.4 Using percentages


    27 , 69 , 13
    1 a 76%, 71%, 74% b
    38 93 17
    2 a New 33%, City 47%, State 41% b New College
    3 a 18%, 37%, 52%, 22% b the game console
    4 a Friday 13%, Saturday 18%, Sunday 20% b Friday
    5 a boys 10%, girls 15% b boys 13%, girls 24%
    c Boys possibly did better. The percentage of distinctions was lower that that of the girls but they had a much
    smaller percentage of failures.
    6 a A 16%, B 29%, C 27% b B c They are all similar. A and C were both 64%, and B was 60%.
    d C had the largest percentage of Excellent and the smallest percentage of Poor.
    7 Men have a larger percentage of overweight (44% against 28%). Women have a larger percentage of underweight
    (22% against 13%).

    End-of-unit review
    1 a 9 b 2 c 1 d 1
    10 5 20 40
    2 a 72 m b 6.45 m c 18 kg d 551
    3 a 83% b 5976
    4 a 106 b 153
    5 a 552 b 391
    6 No. 20% of 812 is 162 and 812 + 162 = 974.
    7 a $8.83 b $22.35 c $53.81
    8 a $17.50 b $29.75 c $80.15
    9 a 67% b 84%
    10 8.7%
    11 a 67% increase b 8% decrease c 53% increase
    12 X does. 40% are under 25 in town X; in town Y the figure is 30%.

    2 Cambridge Checkpoint Mathematics 8 Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013

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