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1) This document contains 8 word problems about percentages. It asks the reader to solve the problems and identify which one is impossible to answer. 2) The answers are then provided. Problem 3 is identified as impossible because it doesn't provide the total number of soccer matches played. 3) The other problems are answered by calculating the missing percentages based on the information given.

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Spot The Percentages 2a PDF

1) This document contains 8 word problems about percentages. It asks the reader to solve the problems and identify which one is impossible to answer. 2) The answers are then provided. Problem 3 is identified as impossible because it doesn't provide the total number of soccer matches played. 3) The other problems are answered by calculating the missing percentages based on the information given.

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Name Date

SPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2A


Work out the missing percentages in these problems.
See if you can spot the impossible problem which cannot be answered!

1) A shop sells chocolate, vanilla and 2) An animal park has lions, tigers
strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice and zebras. 17% of the animals are
creams sold are vanilla, and 17% are lions and half the animals are
strawberry. What percentage are zebras. What percentage are
chocolate? tigers?

3) LA Galaxy have won 68% of their 4) Out of the 250 million cars on the
soccer matches. What percentage road in the US, about 3% are
have they lost? diesel. What percentage are not
diesel?

5) In a fruit survey, children choose their 6) In a traffic survey, some bikes,


favourite fruit out of apples, bananas buses and cars were recorded.
and watermelon. 29% chose apples, 70% of the vehicles were cars and
41% chose bananas. What percentage 17% were buses. What percentage
chose watermelon? were bikes?

7) There is a 22% chance it will rain 8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives
tomorrow. What is the chance it will to work. She walks about 15% of
stay dry? the time and drives about 50% of
the time. What percentage of the
time does she cycle?

Did you manage to find the impossible problem?


Name Date

SPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2A ANSWERS

1) A shop sells chocolate, vanilla and 2) An animal park has lions, tigers
strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice and zebras. 17% of the animals are
creams sold are vanilla, and 17% are lions and half the animals are
strawberry. What percentage are zebras. What percentage are
chocolate? tigers?
Answer: 38% Answer: 33%

3) LA Galaxy have won 68% of their 4) Out of the 250 million cars on the
soccer matches. What percentage road in the US, about 3% are
have they lost? diesel. What percentage are not
Impossible question – we don’t know diesel?
how many matches have been drawn Answer: 97%

5) In a fruit survey, children choose their 6) In a traffic survey, some bikes,


favourite fruit out of apples, bananas buses and cars were recorded.
and watermelon. 29% chose apples, 70% of the vehicles were cars and
41% chose bananas. What percentage 17% were buses. What percentage
chose watermelon? were bikes?
Answer: 30% Answer: 13%

7) There is a 22% chance it will rain 8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives
tomorrow. What is the chance it will to work. She walks about 15% of
stay dry? the time and drives about 50% of
the time. What percentage of the
time does she cycle?
Answer: 78% Answer: about 35%

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