Quick questions on Fractions, percentages, ratio, proportion and rate - SQA National 5 Applications of Maths

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What is percentage built carelessly on Paper 1?

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5\%

is five lots of

1\%

(divide by

100

), not half of

10\%

added wrongly. Keep the

10\%

and

1\%

steps separate.

What is q1?

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Find

\tfrac{2}{3}

\pounds 45

. [2 marks]

What is q2?

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\pounds 100

in the ratio

3 : 1

. [2 marks]

What is q3?

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A printer prints

90

pages in

3

minutes. Find the rate in pages per minute. [2 marks]

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