Questions which use this basic stuff

Here are some questions for you to have a go at. Try to do them without looking back at the individual rules. (Have a quick check through before you start if you want.)

(1) Change the following fractions to percentages giving any non-exact answers correct to 1 d.p.
... (a)3/4 (b)1/3 (c)3/8 (d)17/25 (e)4/9

(2) Change the following percentages to fractions, simplifying them by cancelling down if possible.
... (a)20% (b)37% (c)2.5% (d)0.05% (e)72.5%

(3) Change the following decimals into percentages.
... (a)0.5 (b)0.25 (c)0.07 (d)3.5 (e)0.0025

(4) Change the following percentages into decimals.
... (a)60% (b)10.5% (c)102% (d)2.5% (e)0.05%

(5) A certain computer is advertised on the Web at a price of £1099 excluding VAT.
... If VAT is added at 17.5% what price will you actually have to pay?

(6) Some Christmas cards are marked down in January from £3.99 a pack to £2.65 a pack.
... What is the % reduction?

(7) Suppose you pay £45 for a jumper in a Sale where everything is labelled 20% OFF!
... What was the original price of the jumper?



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