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2. Ben bought a car for £12 000.

Each year the value of the car depreciated by 10%.

Work out the value of the car two years after he bought it.

£ ………………….
(Total 3 marks)

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3. Wayne bought an engagement ring for Tracy.

The total cost of the ring was £420 plus VAT at 17 12 %.

(a) Work out the cost of the ring.

£ …………………………
(2)

Wayne invited 96 people to an engagement party.

Only 60 of the people invited came to the party.

(b) Express 60 as a percentage of 96.

………………………… %
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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4. The scatter graph shows information about 12 countries.

For each country, it shows the percentage of the population in farming jobs and the percentage
of the population living in towns.

80

70 ×
Percentage ×
living in
towns
60 ×
× ×
×
50 × ×

×
40 ×
×
×
30
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Percentage in farming jobs

(a) Describe the relationship between the percentage of the population in farming jobs and
the percentage of the population living in towns.

……………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………
(1)

(b) Draw the line of best fit on the scatter graph.

(1)

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In Mathsland, the percentage of the population in farming jobs is 35%.

(c) Use your line of best fit to estimate the percentage of Mathsland’s population living in
towns.

……………………. %
(1)
(Total 3 marks)

5. Martin had to buy some cleaning materials.

1
The cost of the cleaning materials was £64.00 plus VAT at 17 %.
2

Work out the total cost of the cleaning materials.

£ .......................
(Total 2 marks)

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6.
Number of girls Number of boys
Year 10 108 132
Year 11 90 110

The table gives information about Year 10 and Year 11 at Mathstown School.

(a) Work out the percentage of students in Year 10 who are girls.

................................ %
(2)

Mathstown School had an end of term party.

40% of the students in Year 10 and 70% of the students in Year 11 went to the party.

(b) Work out the percentage of all students in Years 10 and 11 who went to the party.

................................ %
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

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9. Alistair sells books.

1
He sells each book for £7.60 plus VAT at 17 %.
2
He sells 1650 books.
Work out how much money Alistair receives.

£…………………….
(Total 4 marks)

10. Three woman earned a total of £36

They shared the £36 in the ratio 7:3:2

Donna received the largest amount.

(a) Work out the amount Donna received.

£….………………..
(3)

A year ago, Donna weighed 51.5 kg.

1
Donna now weighs 8 % less.
2

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(b) Work out how much Donna now weighs.

Give your answer to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

………………….kg
(4)
(Total 7 marks)

11. The cost of a compact disc holder is 25p.

John has £15 to spend.

(a) What is the greatest number of compact disc holders that John can buy for £15?

...........................
(3)

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A compact disc player costs £50 plus 17½% VAT.

(b) Calculate the total cost of the compact disc player.

Compact disc player

£50 + VAT

£ ...........................
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

12. Jenny worked in a bookshop for two weeks.

She is paid £125 per week plus 10% of the total value of the books she sells that week.

In the first week, she sold books with a total value of £800.

(a) Work out the total amount she was paid in the first week.

£ .................................
(3)

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In the second week, Jenny was paid a total of £225

(b) Work out the total value of the books she sold in the second week.

£ .................................
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

13. A doctor has 12 000 patients.

4560 of these patients are male.

(a) What percentage of these patients are female?

................................. %
(3)

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Here is the age, in years, of each of the first twenty patients the doctor saw yesterday.

5 20 13 19 27 32 39 26 39 45

56 47 59 52 28 21 10 36 7 27

(b) In the space below, draw a stem and leaf diagram to show these ages.

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

14. Ron went to Spain.

He changed pounds (£) into Euros (€). The exchange rate was £1 = €1.40

The value of the pound has decreased from €1.40 to €1.33

Calculate the percentage decrease in the value of the pound.

………………………%
(Total 3 marks)

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18. (a) Use your calculator to work out
9.4 – 3.5

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

..........................................................
(2)

(b) Write these numbers in order of size.

Start with the smallest number.

4 2 7
0.82 85%
5 3 8

..............................................................................
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

19. James invested £2000 for three years in an Internet Savings Account.
He is paid 5.5% per annum compound interest.

Work out the total interest earned after three years.

£ .................................
(Total 3 marks)

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20. A hotel has 56 guests.

35 of the guests are male.

(a) Work out 35 out of 56 as a percentage.

.................................. %
(2)

40% of the 35 male guests wear glasses.

(b) Write the number of male guests who wear glasses as a fraction of the 56 guests.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

....................................
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

21. Calculate 36% of £4500

£ ………………...
(Total 2 marks)

22. Plain tiles cost 28p each.

Patterned tiles cost £9.51 each.

Julie buys 450 plain tiles and 15 patterned tiles.

(a) Work out the total cost of the tiles.

£ ………………...
(3)

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(b) Express 15 as a fraction of 450

Give your answer in its simplest form.

………………...
(2)

Fred lays the tiles.

He charges £360 plus VAT at 17.5%.

(c) Work out the total amount that Fred charges.

£ ………………...
(3)
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24. In April 2004, the population of the European Community was 376 million.

In April 2005, the population of the European Community was 451 million.

Work out the percentage increase in population.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

..................................%
(Total 3 marks)

25. On July 1st 2004, Jack invested £2000 at 5% per annum compound interest.

Work out the value of Jack’s investment on July 1st 2006

£ ......................................
(Total 3 marks)

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26. A coin is made from copper and nickel.

84% of its weight is copper.
16% of its weight is nickel.

Find the ratio of the weight of copper to the weight of nickel.

Give your ratio in its simplest form.

.........................
(Total 2 marks)

27. A garage sells British cars and foreign cars.

The ratio of the number of British cars sold to the number of foreign cars sold is 2 : 7

The garage sells 45 cars in one week.

(a) Work out the number of British cars the garage sold that week.

.....................................
(2)

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1
A car tyre costs £80 plus VAT at 17 %.
2

(b) Work out the total cost of the tyre.

£ ..................................
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

28. A garage sells British cars and foreign cars.

The ratio of the number of British cars sold to the number of foreign cars sold is 2 : 7

The garage sells 45 cars in one week.

(a) Work out the number of British cars the garage sold that week.

.....................................
(2)

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34. A can of drink costs 32p.

The cost of the can of drink is increased to 38p.

Jenny calculates that this is a percentage increase of 19%.

Is Jenny’s percentage correct?

You must show how you reached your decision.

(Total 3 marks)

35. Work out the simple interest on £530 at 4.5% per annum after 3 years.

£ …………………………
(Total 3 marks)

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41. The price of a DVD player was £120

In a sale, the price is reduced by 35%.

Work out the sale price of the DVD player.

£ ............................................
(Total 3 marks)

42. (a) Linda gets 24 out of 40 in a science test.

Write 24 out of 40 as a percentage.

......................................%
(2)

2 1
(b) Work out +
3 5

......................................
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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