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Percentages, SM-Bank 018

Albert has 50 marbles in his bag.

He records the colour of each marble in the table below.
   

Marble Number of Marbles
Blue 20
Red 12
Orange 4
White ?
TOTAL 50

  
What percentage of the marbles are white?  (2 marks)

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\(28\%\)

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\(\text{Number of white marbles}\)

\(= 50-(20 + 12 + 4)= 14\)
   

\(\therefore\ \text{% white}\) \(=\dfrac{14}{50}\times 100= 28\%\)

Filed Under: Percentages Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4462-25-Comparing quantities using percentages, smc-4462-40-Word problems percentages

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