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

Exam code: 4MA1

26 mins7 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.

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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