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Percentage Word Problems Practice Paper

This document is a practice paper containing 10 word problems about finding percentages of quantities for 6th grade students. The problems involve calculating numbers of items or people based on given percentages. For example, one problem states that 200 cars are in a parking lot and 40% are green, and asks students to calculate the number that are not green. The document provides the questions to practice and space for students to show their work and write answers.

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Percentage Word Problems Practice Paper

This document is a practice paper containing 10 word problems about finding percentages of quantities for 6th grade students. The problems involve calculating numbers of items or people based on given percentages. For example, one problem states that 200 cars are in a parking lot and 40% are green, and asks students to calculate the number that are not green. The document provides the questions to practice and space for students to show their work and write answers.

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PRACTICE PAPER – 1 2nd Term (2022 - 2023)

Name: Class: VI Roll: Section:

Subject: Arithmetic Teachers: Imran Ahmed / Shadia .M. Hafiz Date:

 Please note that : this study material is NOT a PRACTICE WORKSHEET. This is just a
Practice Paper (for B.W & C.W purpose) containing relevant sums on ‘Finding the
percentage of a quantity’ that will be explained & solved in next Arithmetic classes
consecutively as Board Work & Class Work.
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Practice Paper on Word Problems from ‘ Finding the percentage of a quantity’.

1. There are 200 cars in a multi-storey car park. Given that 40% of them are green, find the
number of cars which are not green.

2. There are 120 cars in a multi-storey car park. Given that 30% of them are blue, find the
number of cars which are not blue.

3. A school has 2500 students. Given that 5% of them were late for school on a particular day,
find the number of students who were punctual for school.

4. A class has 50 students. Given that 80% of them passed a Mathematics test, calculate the
number of students who failed the test.

5. A class has 40 students. Given that 75% of them passed an English Spelling test, calculate the
number of students who failed the test.

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6. A company finds that 7𝟐 % of the mobile phone sets made are defective. The company made 40000
mobile phone sets. How many mobile phone sets were defective?

7. A school has 1500 students. Given that 3% of them were late for school on a particular day,
find the number of students who were punctual for school.

8. A company has 15000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2008, 3.75% of them were
retrenched, 45.25% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

9. A company has 16000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2020, 2.25% of them were
retrenched, 37.5% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

10. A company has 12000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2008, 2.5% of them were
retrenched, 50.75% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

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 Answers

1. 120 cars.

2. 84 cars.

3. 2375 students

4. 10 students

5. 10 students

6. 3000 sets

7. 1455 students.

8. 7650 employees

9. 9640 employees.

10. 5610 employees.

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The number of cars that are not green is 120. This is calculated by determining that 40% of 200 is 80, so 200 - 80 equals 120 cars that are not green .

The number of students who were punctual is 2375, because 5% of 2500 is 125 late students, and 2500 - 125 equals 2375 .

The number of students who failed is 10. This is calculated as 80% of 50 is 40 students passing, so 50 - 40 equals 10 students failing .

The number of defective mobile phone sets is 3000. This is calculated by taking 7.5% of 40000, which equals 3000 defective units .

First, calculate the number retrenched: 2.5% of 12000 equals 300. Then, calculate those with a pay cut: 50.75% of 12000 equals 6090. Subtract the sum from 12000 giving 5610 employees who were unaffected .

The number of cars that are not blue is 84. This is determined by calculating 30% of 120, which is 36 blue cars, so 120 - 36 equals 84 cars that are not blue .

To find the number of students who failed, first calculate the number of students who passed: 75% of 40 equals 30. Thus, the number who failed is 40 - 30, totaling 10 students .

The number of punctual students is 1455. This is determined by calculating that 3% of 1500 is 45 late students, so 1500 - 45 equals 1455 students who were punctual .

The number of employees unaffected is 7650. This is found by calculating the portion retrenched (3.75% of 15000 = 562.5) and those with a pay cut (45.25% of 15000 = 6787.5). Thus, 15000 - (562.5 + 6787.5) equals 7650 unaffected employees .

The calculation involves determining the numbers retrenched (2.25% of 16000 = 360) and those with a pay cut (37.5% of 16000 = 6000). Thus, the number of unaffected employees is 16000 - (360 + 6000) which equals 9640 .

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