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(1) Percentage
1. Express each of the following as a percentage.

(a) * (b)
2',7

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(d) 0.08 (e) 0.43 (f) 2.15

2. Express each of the following as a fraction.

(a) 22Vo (b) l20Vo (c) 85Vo

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41Vo (e) l87a (f) 225Vo

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(a) (b) 37Vo (c) 2707o

(d) t03%o (e) 1

317a (f ) 0.05Va

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(g) 5,Vo (h) 0.68Vo (i) 7.25Vo

(2) Expressing One Quantity as a Percentage of Another

4. Express the first quantity as a percentage ofthe second.

(a) 15 cm,2 m 480 m,5 km

(c) 0.5 kg,800 g (d) 45 min,3 h

(e) 43 g,2kg (f) 18 m2, 57.6 m2

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5. (a) Express l.26kmasapercentageof 4.5km.

(b) An airline has seats for 240 passengers. If 12 of the seats are vacant, calculate the
percentage of seats which are occupied.

(c) Melissa scored 68 out of 80 marks in a mathematics paper. Find her percentage mark for
mathematics.

(d) During a recession, 25 out of 500 employees in a company were retrenched. Find the
percentage of employees who were retrenched.

(3) Finding the Percentage of a Number

6. Evaluate each of the following.

(a) 157o of$180 (b) 6Vo of $54.50

(c) nf,r"of $8880 (d) 4.5Vo of 96kg

(e) 8Vo of 9 m25 cm (f) I5OVo of $7580

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 '7. Find the value of x in each of the follorving.

(a) l5%oofxis60. (b) lj%o of x is 32.

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(c) 251 Va of x is 510. (d) 15 .7 5Va of x is I 89.

(e) I5Va of x is $ 1 .62. (f) l24%o of x is 310.

8. (a) If 30Vo of x is 21, what is 80Vo of x?

(b) I2Vo of a number is 102. Find the number.

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(c) If 3 of a number is; 18, what is 7 5Vo of the same number?

(d) If 0.045Vo of a nurnLber is 81, flnd the number.

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(4) Percentage Increase and Percentage Decrease
9. Increase:

(a) $80 by 107o (b) 75 mby 28Vo

(c) 728 ks.bv 12*z

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Vo (d) 240 rr] by 135Vo

10. Decrease:

(a) 325kmby 40Va (b) $34.80 by 5vo

(c) $580 by zz)v, (d) T6litres by 0.5Vo

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(a) 80 cm 85 cm 5cm
(b) $384 $420

(c) 450 s 125 g

(d) 30 km 6km
(e) 600 m2 12.57o

(f) 960 kg 20Va

(e) $2800 I5Vo

(h) 312 cm 307o

(i) 205 4 257o

c) 150 g 24Vo

(k) $368 40Vo

12. Complete the following table.

(a) 48 km 40 km

(b) $s76 $s04

(c) 500 g 64g

(d) 144 m( 36 m(
(e) $10s0 8Vo

(0 32kg 37.5Vo

(e) 210 cm3 20Vo

(h) $224 30Vo

(i) 289 km2 l5Vo

o 18( lL%o

(k) 76g 19Vo

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13. 62Vo of the students in a school wear spectacles. If 589 students wear spectacles, flnd the total
enrolment of the students in the school.

14. 270 children took part in an art competition .If 207o of them were boys, how many girls took
part in the competition?

I5 . A factory has 6000 employees. 72Vo of them are workers, 20 .7 5Vo of them are executives and
the rest are clerks. Find the number of clerks in the factory.

16. A company has 80 employees. 45Vo of them are female. If 75Vo of the female employees drive
to work, calculate the number of female employees who drive to work.

17 . Mabel bought a limited edition doll and sold it to Belinda at l60%a of the price of the doll. If
Belinda paid $ I 80 for the doll, how much did Mabel pay for the doll?

18. In a shipment of durians,327a of the larger durians are grouped as Grade A and the remainder
as Grade B. Given that there are 1260 more Grade B than Grade A durians, calculate the total
number of durians in the shipment.

19. Jimmy's daily wage is $88. His daily wage is l}Vo more than Marc's daily wage. Calculate
Marc's daily wage.

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 20. Study the table below to answer the questions.

Glucose
6 t2 6
c6H1206

Sucrose
t2 22 11
clrH2,ol1

(a) Find the percentage of carbon atoms in sucrose.

(b) Which compound has the higher percentage of hydrogen atoms?

21. Tape X is 2.4 m long. The length of Tape Y is l25%o of the length of Tape X and 80% of the
length of Tape Z. Find the length of Tape Z.

22. Pauline bought a box o1'beads. l5Vo of the beads were red, 60Vo of the remaining beads were
green and the rest of the beads were purple. If there were 170 purple beads , how rnany beads
did Pauline buy altogether?

23 . In 2020, Carol earned $2500 per month while Rebecca earned $3200 per month. At the end of
2020,Carol had saved $5000 while Rebecca had saved $6000. Who saved a higher percentage
of their annual income?

24. The table shows the number of defective toys produced by 3 production trines in a toy factory.

Which production line har; the lowest percentage of defective toys?

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25. The table below shows the total enrolment and the number of participants from each school
that took part in the Mathematics Olympiad.

(a) Find the percentage of students from School A that took part in the Mathematics
Olympiad.
(b) Which school had a higher proportion of students that took part in the Mathematics
Olympiad?

26. Mr Lee's family expenditure last month was $3650. This month, the family expenditure
increased by 8Vo. Calculate his family expenditure this month.

27. The price of a gold locket increases by 5Va to $121.80. Find the original price of the locket.

Theresa's monthly allowance was $255 after it was decreased by l5Vo. Find her original
monthly allowance.

29. The original price of painting in January was $96.In February, its price increased by lZ%o.In
March, its price increased by l57o of its price in February. Find the price of the painting in
March. Give your answer correct to the nearest cent.

30. The price of a packet of sweets increased from $1.50 to $1.95. Calculate the percentage
increase in the price.

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31. There were 48 cars in a car park in the morning. In the evening, the number of cars increased
to 600. Calculate the percentage increase in the number of cars.

32. The price of a television set decreases from $2500 to $2100. Calculate the percentage decrease
in price.

33. The value of an apartment increased from $300 000 to $750 000. Calculate the, percentage
increase in the value of the apartment.

34. Jennifer read 120 pages of a 500-page novel on Friday. She finished reading ll}Vo of the
remaining pages during ttre weekend. Calculate the percentage of the book she hat; yet to read.

35. Samuel wanted to buy a laptop which cost 20Vo of his savings. His mother decided to buy
him the laptop which costs $860. How much rvas Samuel's savings?

36. Mrs Smith sold a tin of cookies at $17 .25 in 2020 r.vhich was l5%o more than its value in 2019 .

Calculate the price of a tin of cookies in 2019.

37. The value of an antique bracelet appreciates every year by l5%a of its value at the beginning
of the year. If the bracelet cost $11 200 in January 2020,calculate its value in 3 years'time.

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38. The table below shorvs the total births in Singapore in7017 and 2018.

Year
2011 39 615
20r 8 39 039

(a) Calculate the percentage decrease in the total births in Singapore from 2017 to 2018.
(b) The total births in 2019 rise by 0.557o from 2018. Find the total births in 2019. (Give
youl answer correct to the nearest whole number.)

39. The price of a house in Singapore appreciatesby 2.5Vo of its value in the previous year. If
the value of a house was $3 025 800 in2020. find its value in 2018.

40. 88 children registered for a tae kwon do class in a community centre. 8 girls were absent for
the first class. If 35Vo of the class present consisted of girls, find the percentage of boys that
registered for the class. Give your answer correct to the nearest per cent.

41. Madeline bought a bag of candies weighing 900 g. [f she eats 307o of the candies each day,
how much candies will she have left at the end of the third day?

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42. A tailor bought a bag of buttons.
, of them were black. 80Va of the remaining buttons were
white and the other 24 buttons were grey, How many buttons did the tailor buy altogether?

43. If 40Vo of a 80 / solution is alcohol and the remainder is water, how many litres of water must
be added to make a new solution that is l6Vo alcohol?

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 44. Marc is thinking of a number. He increased it by 30Vo.Then he decrease the value c,btained by
207o and got 1560. What was the number Marc was thinking of?

45. Isabella saved 4 times a:; much as her brother, George in January. In February, Isabella's
savings decreased by 20otb. What percentage must George increase his savings so that he and
his sister will have the same amount of savings in February?

46. The length of a rectangle is l20Vo of its breadth. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 26.4 cm,
flnd the area of the rectangle.

47. The length of a rectangle is twice its breadth. If the length is increased by ZOVo while the
breadth is decreased by 20Vo, find the percentage increase/decrease in its perimeter.

48. The length of each side of a square is increased by 20Vo. Find the percentage increase in the
area of the square.

49 . Sandra spent 407o of her salary on housing and 25Va of the remainder on food . If she has $ 1 620
left, how much was her original salary?

50. A shopkeeper bought 800 T-shirts. He sold 250 T-shirts on Wednesday and 60Vo of the
remainder on Thursday. Express the number of T-shirts he had left as a percentage of the total
number of T-shirts he bought.

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 John's monthly salary is2O7o higher than Tom's monthly salary. Alex's monthly salary
is l07o
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less than John's monthly salary. If Alex's monthiy salary is $500 more than Tom's monthly
salary, find AIex's monthly salary.

52. The price of coffee powder rose by 8Va each year for the last 2 years. At the beginning of the
first year, 1 kg of coffee powder cost $12.50.
(a) Calculate the cost of 1 kg of coffee powder at the end of 2 years.
(b) How much would Z* fgof coffee powder cost at the end of 2 years?

53. The total population in Singapore is made up of resident population and non-resident
population. The resident population was 3.97 million in20l'7 and it was increased by 0.6Vo \n
20 18 . The total population in Singapore increased from 5 .6 1 million in 2017 to 5 .64 million in
201 8.
(a) Calculate the resident population in 2018.
(b) Calculate the percentage increase in the total population in Singapore from 2017 to
2018.
(Give your answers conect to 3 significant flgures.)

54. The cost of manufacturing a pocket calculator is made up of the costs of materials and labour
in the ratio ll :7.
(a) If the pocket calculator costs $90, calculate the cost of labour.
(b) If the cost of materials is increased by l}Vo and the cost of labour is decreased by 5Va,
find the new price of the pocket calculator.

55 . The total cost of making a rocking chair consists of the cost of wood at $200, the cost of paint
at $80 and wages at $ 120. If the cost of wood and wages increased by 8Vo and l5Vo respectively
while the price of paint decreased by 5Vo, calctiate the percentage increase or decrease in the
cost of making a rocking chair.

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 56. A mathematics club consists of 80 members. 657o of the members are boys. After: some new
members joined the club,60Vo of the members are boys. If the new members consist of one
more girl than boy, how many of the members now are girls?

57. In a sale, the price of a vase was reduced by 20Vc of its original price of $33.2:5. Marilyn
bought it on the last day of the sale, where there was a further 307o off the sale pri,;e.
(a) How much did Marilyn pay for the vase?
(b) What rvas the percenta-ee reduction that she got altogether?

58. (a) Jim was paid a monthly basic salary of $4580 at the start of January 2019. r\t the end of
2019 ,he was given a bonus of 12.5% of the total value of sales he made during the year.
If the total value of his sales in 20 [9 was $285 000, calculate Jim's total income in2019.
(b) In January 2020, Jim's basic monthly salary was cut by $400. Calculate the percentage
decrease in the basic monthly salary frorn 2019 to 2020.

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59. In a language school. 39n7o of the students learn Chinese,317Vc of the students learn
German and the remaining 210 students learn Japanese.
(a) Calculate
(i) the total nurnber of students in the school,
(ii) the number of students learning Chinese.
(b) At the end of the year.80Vo of the students learning German sat fbr a Germatr Proflciency
Examination. lf 30% of these students failed. calculate the number of s,tudents r.vho
passed.

60. After joining a swimmirLg club, Tom's mass reducedby l5Vc to 68 kg.
(a) What was his original mass?
(b) His mass decrease,d a further 5Vo.Find the overall percentage decrease of his mass.

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(5) Profit and Loss
61. A shopkeeper sold a lamp which costs $80 for $96. Express the profit as a percentage of the
cost price.

62. A rocking chair which cost $275 was sold for $250. Express the loss as a percentage of the
selling price.

63. Mary gains 30Vo on the cost price by setling a gold necklace for $884. Calculate the cost
price of the necklace.

64. Vincent suffers a loss of l5Vo on the cost price by selling a television set for $3 128 . Find the
cost price of the television set.

65. Edward bought abronze statue for $960. When he sold it at an auction, he made a profit of
l257o of his cost. Find the selling price of the statue.

66. John bought a painting for $240. He sold it several years later at a profit of 35O%. Find the
selling price of the painting.

61. Joshua suffered a loss of 20Vo when he sold his skateboard for $140. How much should he
sell his skateboard if he wants to make a profit of 207a?

68. Afruitsellerbought80kgof duriansat$5.40perkg. llVoof thedurianswererottenand

thrown away. Calculate the selling price per kg of the remaining durians if the fruit seller
wants to earn a 757o profit on the cost price.

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 69. A shop's profit in 2019 vras $520 000. This was an increase of 30Vo from the profit earned
in 2018. The profit earned in 2018 was a decrease of 20Vo from the profit earned in 2017.
Calculate
(a) the proflt earned in 2018,
(b) the proflt earned in2017,
(c) the percentage increase/decrease in profit earned in 2019 as compared to 201'7 .

'70. The cost of manufacturing a cupboard was $800.

(a) It was sold to a wholesaler at a proflt of 5Vo of the cost. Calculate the price the wholesaler
paid for the cupboard.
(b) The wholesaler sold the cupboard to a shopkeeper at a profit of SVo of the price he paid
for it. The shopkeeper then sold the cupboard to Janet at a profit of 5Va o1'the price he
paid. How much did Janet pay for the cupboard?
(c) Calculate the percentage increase in the cost of the cupboard from its manufacturer until
Janet owns it.

(6) Discount
7I. Complete the following table.

Marked price E Discount 'rl;rcErlitEt, tlltguurtl

(a) $500 $450

(b) $2400 $2150
(c) $820 259b

(d) $10 600 1297o

(e) $888 $72

(0 $258.r0 $31.90

G) $416 75C,YO

(h) $21 s20 20%

(i) $1020 32%

0) $r74 40'Va

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72. After a discount of I57o, the price of a pair of shoes is $68. What was the marked price of
the pair of shoes?

73. A piano has a marked price of $2300 but is sold at a discount of 5Vo to a customer who pays
for it in cash. Find the discount in price given.

74. Marc wanted to buy a television set priced at $868. The dealer offered him a discountof 207o.
How much did he pay for the television set?

75, An office chair was sold at a discount of l2Vo.If the marked price was $125.75, find the
selling price of the chair.

7 6. A bookshop sold a book to a regular customer at a discount of 5Vo at $232 .7 5 . What was the
marked price of the book?

77 . A bonsai plant was sold at a discount of I7 .5Va. The selling price of the bonsai plant was
$379.50. Find
(a) the marked price,
(b) the amount of the discount.

78. Paula bought an antique chest at a discount of 20Vo. If she received a discount of $98, calculate
(a) its marked price,
(b) its selling price.

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 79. Pauline wants to buy 2 tins of cookies, She checks the promotion for the sarrre brand of
cookies at 2 different shops. Which shop offers the better value for money?

Shop A Shop B

Buy I tin and get { tin free. Buy 2nd tin at 5O% off,

Usual price: $19.5O each Usual price: ${2.9O each

80. All items at a furniture store lvere sold at a discount ofI5Va during a sale. The rnembers of
the store were entitled to a further discount of 5Vo. The marked price of a carpet r,vas $7280.
Mrs Wong, a member of the store, bought the carpet during the sale. How much did she pay?

81 . Andy wants to buy a watch and check its price at two shops as shown below. He is a member
of Shop A.

SXae-A Shop B

107" discount 25% discount

on all watches on all watches

Further 15% on
discounted price
for all mrambers.

The marked price of the 'watch Andy wants to huy at both shops is $400.
(a) Find the selling price of the watch in Shop A.
(b) Which shop should Andy buy his watch from to get a better deal? Give a reason for your
answer.

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hi-fi set. If the hi-fi set was bought at a discount of 15Vo, find the marked price of the hi-fi set.

83 . The cost price of a sofa set is $ 1 850. The shopkeeper marks up the price by 30Vo and then gives
a discount of 57o during a sale.
(a) Find the marked price of the sofa set before the sale.
(b) Find the selling price of the sofa set during the sale.
(c) How much profit did the shopkeeper make for selling a sofa set during the sale?

84. A furniture shop has the following promotions for its chairs.

Next dav deliverv

10% discount
on all chairs!

Amy plans to buy 4 of the chairs advertised. The difference in price between the two prices
for the same chair is $3.65. How much does Amy need to pay if she pays by cash and carry
the chairs home herself?

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85 . (a) An educational book salesman is paid a basic salary of $800 per month plus a commission
of l5%o of his total sales made during that month. If the books he sold for a particular
month amounts to !i10 264,what was his total income for that month?
(b) A real estate agent received a commission of l.5Vo for selling a flat for $365 000. How
much commission did he receive?

86. A salesman was paid a basic salary of $500 per month phts 0.757o commission of the value
of the cars that he sells.
(a) In January, he sold eight 1.5 { cars that cost $80 000 each and three 2.0 4 cars that cost
$100 000 each. How much was his salary for that month?
(b) In February, his salary was $7700. He sold only 1 .5 ( cars that month. Hou, many cars
did he sell in February?

87. Mr Wong's basic monthly salary is $1500. He is also given a commission of 6Vo of the value
of sales he made per month. In December, Mr Wong's basic monthly salary was increased
by 5Vo.
(a) How much is Mr Wong's basic monthly salary in December?
(b) If Mr Wong aims to earn $6000 in December, find the value of sales he has to make.

88. Areal estate agent sold a $195 000 flat. He charges a commissionof 3Vo on the first $100 000,
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2 |I Vo on the next $50 000 and l%o on the remainder of the selling price of the flat How much
commission did he recei've for selling the flat?

89. Mr Lee advertised his c,cndominium for sale at $850 000 through a property agent. He sold
the condominium to a buyer after giving a 87o discount on the price. The agent receives L5Vo
and 3Vo of the selling price of the condominium from the seller and the buyer respectively.
(a) How much did Mr Lee sell his condominium for?
(b) How much did Mr Lee get in selling the condominium after paying his agent?
(c) How much did the agent receive for the whole transaction?

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90. The employees of a company are offered an increase in wages calculated according to two
different schemes.

(a) Jim's present monthly wage is $3600. Calculate his new monthly wage under Scheme A
and Scheme B.
(b) Express Jim's monthly wage increase under Scheme B as a percentage of his present
monthly wage. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
(c) Jason flnds that his new monthly wage is the same under both schemes. Calculate his
current monthly wage.

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91. Complete the following table. The GST rate is l%o.

Marked price Price before

i*clusive of GST GST
(a) $s80
(b) $2740
(c) $3s 150
(d) $1.68
(e) $s4.95
(0 $126
(g) $3745
(h) $8988
(i) $27 606

92. Daryl bought a printer for $374.50 inclusive of a 7Vo GST. Find the price of the printer
before GST.

93. How much would Tom need to pay for a computer system costing $3800 with a lVo GST
imposed on it?

94. A wallet is advertised for $273.92 inclusive of aTVo GST. Calculate the amount of GST.

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95. Charlie bought an electric guitar which was advertised at $1280 excluding GST.If the GST
rate was 77o, caLculate
(a) the amount of GST he paid,
(b) the price of the guitar inclusive of GST.

96. The marked price of a dig;ital camera in a shop is $321 inclusive of GST. If the GST rate is
1Vo, find
(a) its price before GST,
(b) the amount of GST.

97 . A shopkeeper bou-eht a bicycle for $296. He then sold it to James and made a profit of 1457c
of his cost.
(a) Find the selling price of the bicyc)Le before GST.
(b) How much did James pay for the bicycle inclusive of 77o GST. Give your answer correct
to the nearest cent.

98. The marked price, inclusive of GST, of a microwave oven was $2675. Matthew bought the
oven during a sale and received a 5Vo discount. (Take GST rate tobeTVo.')
(a) Calculate the marked price before GST.
(b) Find the original GST amount.
(c) Find the selling prir:e of the oven.
(d) Find the GST amount after the discount.
(e) Find the percentage decrease in the GST.

99. A shop makes 800 souvenirs. The cost of making each souvenir is $2.50.
(a) Find the total cost of making 800 souvenirs.
(b) The shop sold 540 souvenirs at $3.60 each,80 of them at cost price and the rest at a
discount of I)Vo of the cost price.
Calculate
(i) the overall proflt or loss,
(ii) the overall profit or loss as a percentage of the cost price.
(c) The shop made an additional 200 souvenirs for a customer. The customer pa.id $684.80
inclusive of 7Va GST. Calculate
(i) the amount of GST charged,
(ii) the price per souvenir paid by the customer before GST.

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100. Terence bought 2 T-shirts during the sale. Calculate
(a) the total amount he paid for both T-shirts, T-Shirt SALE,!
(b) the total amounr of GST, giving your answer $36 each
correct to the nearest cent. (inclusive of
77o GST)

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get the next one
at a discount

101. Mr Tan invited his friends for dinner at a Chinese Restaurant. He ordered the set meal for
8 people that cost $880 before service charge and GST. The restaurant charges a l\Vo
service charge and aTVo GST.
(a) How much was the total bill?
(b) Mr Tan paid the bill by credit card which entitled him a 107o discount off the cost
before service charge and GST. How much did Mr Tan pay in the end? Give your answer
correct to the nearest cent.

102. During a mid-year sale at a departmental store, furniture were sold at 257a discount and
electrical items at 157o discount. Jack bought three chairs for $96 each and a television set.
The marked price of the television set was $3680. (The marked price for each item is inclusive
of 1Va GST.)
(a) Calculate
(i) the marked price of each chair,
(ii) the price he paid for the television set,
(iii) the overall percentage discount he received,
(iv) the total amount of GST, giving your answer correct to the nearest cent.
(b) Jill is a member of the store. She is entitled to a further 5Vo on all the items. She bought
a hair dryer and two coffee tables. The marked price of the hair dryer was $84 and the
coffee table was $52 each. Calculate the total amount she paid.

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103. Two different brands of television sets are on sale during an Electronics Fair. The selling price
of each brand excluding GST is shown below.

Brand.,l Brand B
Usual price : $5088 Usual price : $5088
Now: 9% Discount Now: $488 Off

(a) What is the selling price of the Brand A television set excluding GST?
(b) (i) Horv much does a customer need to pay if he buys a Brand B television set?
(ii) Which brand is a better buy? Justify your answer.
(The GST rate charged for both brands is 7Vo.)

104. Study the receipt below to answer the questions.

Jack's Seafood Restaurant

Seafood platter $45.00

Mutfins $5.00
Coleslaw $4.50
Fries $5.50
Coke $3.00
Crcffee $4.00
Tea $4.00
Subtotal $P
10% Service charge $o
7% GST $n
Total $s

Find the value of $P, $0, $R and $S. (Give your answers to the nearest 5 cents where
necessary.)

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105. Isabella had lunch with her mother at Antonio Pasta Restaurant. Her bill before payment is
shown below.

Antonio Pasta Restaurant

2 SetLunch $119.00
1 Tiramisu $6.S0
1 Panna Cotta $0.S0

Subtotal $132.00
10% Service charge $13.20
7% GST $10.16

Currently the restaurant is offering two different discount packages if Isabella pays using two
different credit cards.

Credit Card A Credit Card B

10% discount on the No Service charge.
subtotal of the bill before
10% service charge and
GST are added.

Which credit card should Isabella use?

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Usage Rate ($) Amount ($)

Electricity Services
609 kwh 0.2424 147.62 141.62
Reading taken on t4.02.20

Water Services
Water Estimated on 11.Ct2.20 27.4 Cu M 1.2100 33.15
Waterborne Fee 27.4 CUM 0.9200 25.21
Water Conservation Tax $33. ts 50Vo 16.58 74.94

Refuse Removal I Quantity 7 .71 1.7t 1 .1r

Subtotal 230.27 230.27

Goods and Services Tax (GST) $230.21 77c P O

Total Current Charges

R
Inclusive of GST

(a) Find the values of P, Q and R, giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
(b) In March. Jack's tr:tal current charges inclusive of GST, increased by 8.5L:. Calculate
the amount he had to pay, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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lowest term.

2. Given that x is 20Vo greater than p and y is 50Vo grealer than q. By how many per cent is :ry
greater lhan pq?

3. The length and the breadth of a rectangle are reducedby 40Vo. The length and the breadth of the

new rectangle are increased by ] of their new values. Find the percentage reduction of the
area of the final rectangle compared to the original rectangle.

4. Amathematics enrichment class consists of 30 boys and24 girls. In aparticular session, all
the boys were present and the number of girls who were present represented 40Va of the class
attendance for that session. How many girls were absent for that session?

5. A number is less than 100. When the digits of the number are reversed, its value is increased
by 20Vo. Find the number.

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1 . The length and breadth oll a cuboid are increasedby 30Vo and 40Vo respectively. T'he height of
the cuboid is decreased by 20Vo. Calculate the percentage change in the volume of the cuboid.

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water left in the bottle.

9. Marc has a collection of'local and foreign stamps. 54 of them are local stamps and 15 are
foreign stamps. After hir; father gives him some local stamps, 807o of his stanrps are local
stamps. How many local stamps does his father give him?

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