WALT solve word problems (decimals, percentages and fractions)

WALT solve word problems (decimals, percentages and fractions)

Independant questions

1. In a class, 60% of the children are girls. 
1. What percentage are boys?40%
2. If there are 30 students altogether, how many are boys and how many are girls?12 boy and 18 girls 
2. In a packet of skittles, 27 are red. 
1. What percentages are NOT red? 73%
3. In a group of children, 78% can swim. What percentage are non-swimmers?22
4. Frazer scores 45% in a spelling test. 
1. What percentage did he get wrong?55%
2. If the test was out of 100, how many did he get right? 45%
3. How many did he get wrong?55
5. Auckland Blues have won 45% of their games and lost 42% of their games. How many did they tie?13
6. Children voted for their favourite sports out of basketball, football and hockey. 35% chose basketball and 28% chose hockey. What percentage chose football?37%
7. There are 60 beads in a bag. The beads are red, yellow or blue. 40% of the beads are blue. 5/12 of the beads are red. How many beads are yellow?10%
8. In the sale, jumpers are on the offer “buy 2, save ⅓ off the price”. Jeans are also currently 30% off. Jumpers normally cost $45 and jeans cost $50.  What is the cost of buying 2 jumpers and 2 pairs of jeans?140
9. A remote control car is $50 but is on sale for 10% off. How much is the sale price?45
10. A Chromebook is $450. If you buy insurance (which is $29.99) at the same time, you get a 20%discount on both the Chromebooks and the insurance. How much would this be? 386 
11. In a survey of 300 adults, 15% didn’t know how to ride a bike. How many people don’t know how to ride a bike?45
12. Brisoces has a sale for 30% off storewide. How much would each of these items cost on sale?
1. Heater - $69.99 = $49
2. Kettle - $19.99 =$14 
3. Towel - $6.99 = $5
4. A set of plates, bowls etc $49.99 =$35 
5. Vase $10 = 7
13. Uncle John is looking to buy a new TV. The warehouse has one that is ⅓ off, Harvey Norman has a 25% off sale and Noel Leeming has ⅖ off the price. Which of these offers the greatest discount? If the TV cost $200 at each shop, which would be the cheapest and by how much? warehouse

66.66 0f warehouse

50 0f Harvey Norman

80 0f Noel Leeming

14. In a class of 30 students, ⅕  are Fijian, 2/6 are Samoan, 30% are Tongan. How many students are of other ethnicities? 11
15. In the whole school (250 students), 10% are year 1 , 10% are year 2 , ⅕ are year 3 and 4 (together), 30% are from the year 5  and 6’s , and the rest of the students are year 7 and 8. How many students are year 7 and 8?75