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Alan is fertilising his lawn over 2 days.
If Alan does no more work on the first day, what percentage of his lawn is fertilised after 1 day?
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Blart has a device that counts his steps each day.
He aims to complete 10 000 steps each day.
The fraction of steps he has completed toward his target one day is `6700/(10\ 000).`
What percentage of steps does Blart need to complete to reach his target?
| `0.33 text(%)` | `0.67 text(%)` | `33 text(%)` | `67 text(%)` |
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On Thursday Banjo read 30% of a book.
On Friday he read half of the remaining pages of the book.
What percentage of the whole book has Banjo read over the two nights, in total?
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Albert has 50 marbles in his bag.
He records the colour of each marble in the table below.
What percentage of the marbles are white?
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The population of Australian states in 2015 and 2016 is recorded in the table below.
Some data for Western Australia is not shown.
What was the population of Western Australia (WA) close to in 2016?
| `2\ 773\ 100` | `2\ 710\ 500` | `2\ 147\ 600` | `2\ 091\ 300` |
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A tennis racquet costs $95.
A tax of 10% is added to the price.
Which calculation will give the new price?
| `95 + 10` | `95 + 0.1` | `95 xx 0.1` | `95 xx 1.1` |
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There were only 17 students in Grace's class on Wednesday. The other 8 were absent.
What percentage of Grace's class was absent?
| `text(8%)` | `text(25%)` | `text(32%)` | `text(33%)` |
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Miley breaks her chocolate bar into 8 identical pieces.
She eats 75% of the pieces.
How many pieces of chocolate are left?
500 kilograms of a concrete material is made by mixing 200 kilograms of cement with 300 kilograms of sand.
What percentage of the concrete is made up of sand?
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`text(0.05%)` |
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`text(0.3%)` |
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`text(0.6%)` |
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`text(3%)` |
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`text(30%)` |
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A locksmith increases the price of replacing a key from $12 to $15.
What is the percentage increase her fee?
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A local soccer club has 1600 fans.
At a game, one-quarter of the fans wear a yellow jersey and the rest wear red.
25% of the red jerseys have a black stripe down the back.
How many red jerseys have a black stripe?
| `100` | `240` | `300` | `1200` |
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Terry picked some pears from his orchard.
Exactly 45% of the pears picked were not good to eat.
What is the smallest total number of pears that he could have collected?
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A marine conservationist records the number of eggs laid by 3 turtles and the number of those eggs that hatched.
Her results are recorded in the table below:
What percentage of the eggs from all 3 turtles hatched?
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Richard bought a second hand snowboard at a cost of $390.
Richard had to spend 65% of his savings to buy the snowboard.
How much did Richard have in his savings after buying the snowboard?
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Ryan's tennis racquet is pictured below.
His handle is 19 cm in length.
Which of the following show the length of the handle as a percentage of the total length of the racquet?
| `text(11%)` | `text(18%)` | `text(19%)` | `text(33%)` |
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Marty and Paul swam 3 km in an ocean swimming race.
Marty finished in a time of 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Paul took 25% longer than Marty.
Approximately how long did Paul take to finish the race?
| `88\ text(minutes)` | `95\ text(minutes)` | `135\ text(minutes)` | `138\ text(minutes)` |
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Harrison was saving his money to buy a cricket bat.
After 1 month, he had saved 45% of the bat's cost.
After 2 months, he had saved another $90 and now had 75% of the bat's cost.
How much does the bat cost?
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A large birdcage contains 8 canaries and 13 parakeets.
About what percentage of the birds are canaries?
| `text(8%)` | `text(38%)` | `text(58%)` | `text(62%)` |
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