Percentages (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A: Foundation): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4MA1

32 mins9 questions
1a
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3 marks

Lijuan’s salary is 180000 Hong Kong Dollars (HK$).
She gets a salary increase of 3%

Work out Lijuan’s salary after this increase.

1b
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In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 15%
The sale price of a camera is HK$6630

Work out the normal price of the camera.

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India produces 155 million tonnes of rice per year.
China produces 205 million tonnes of rice per year.

Express 155 as a percentage of 205
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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Vivienne makes bread.
The weight of yeast she uses is 1% of the weight of flour she uses.
Vivienne uses 750 g of flour.

Work out the weight of yeast she uses

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Pablo buys some tickets to go to the theatre.

3 of the tickets are for adults.
The remaining tickets are for children.

Each adult ticket costs 12 euros.
The children’s tickets each cost 30% less than an adult ticket.

The total amount of money that Pablo pays for all the tickets is 94.80 euros.

Find the number of children’s tickets Pablo buys.

5
3 marks
Line graph plotting temperature over time from 9am to 5pm. 9am is 11 degrees, 11a, is 19 degrees, 1pm is 22 degrees, 3pm is 22.5 degrees and 5pm is 20.5 degrees.

The line graph shows the temperature one day in May in Scotland.

Find the percentage increase in the temperature from 11am to 3pm. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

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Lily’s home cost 290 000 euros to purchase 7 years ago. Lily is now selling her home for 7% more than this amount. 

Work out the amount that Lily is selling her home for.

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Nanette buys 60 notebooks for a total cost of 780 dirhams.

Nanette sells 70% of the notebooks for 22 dirhams each.
She sells the remaining notebooks for 19 dirhams each.

Work out Nanette’s percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures

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Joshua buys a car for $12 500

He sells the car to Nina.

Nina pays

  • a deposit of $1500

  • followed by 36 monthly payments of $450

Work out Joshua’s percentage profit.

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Bella buys 150 football shirts for a total cost of 1800 dollars.

She gives 10% of the shirts to the local football team.
Bella sells the rest of the shirts for g dollars each.
She makes a total profit of 360 dollars.

Work out the value of g