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Can you spot the impossible/trick problem?  \n1) A shop sells 200 chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice creams sold are vanilla, and 30% are strawberry. How many chocolate ice  \ncreams are sold?   \n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 20% of the animals are lions and half the animals are zebras. If there are 120 animals atthe park, how many tigers are there?  \n3) LA Galaxy have won 36% of their soccer matches. If they have played  \n50 matches, how many have they won?   \n4) A car can travel 400 miles on a full tank of petrol. A more efficient car can travel 30% further. How many miles can it travel on a tank?  \n5) In a fruit survey, 60 children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 30% chose apples, 25% chose bananas. How many children chose watermelon?  \n6) In a traffic survey of 200 vehicles: bikes, buses and cars were recorded. ¾ of the vehicles were cars and 17% were buses. How many bikes were there?  \n7) In Salamanderville, there is a 24% chance it will rain on any given day. How many days of rain would you  \nexpect in 50 days?  Answer:  \n8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time. In 100 days, how many times would she cycle?  \nDid you manage to find the impossible problem?  \nPERCENTAGE OF NUMBER PROBLEMS 2B ANSWERS  \n1) A shop sells 200 chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice creams sold are vanilla, and 30% are strawberry. How many  \nchocolate ice creams are sold?   \nAnswer: 50 chocolate ice creams  \n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 20% of the animals are lions and half the animals are zebras. If there are 120 animals atthe park, how many tigers are there?  \nAnswer: 36 tigers  \n\n| 3) LA Galaxy have won 36% of their soccer matches. If they have played 50 matches, how many have they |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| won?\u003Cbr>Answer: 18 matches | |\n\n4) A car can travel 400 miles on a full tank of petrol. A more efficient car can travel 30% further. How many miles can it travel on a tank?  \nAnswer: 520 miles  \n5) In a fruit survey, 60 children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 30% chose apples, 25% chose bananas. How many children chose watermelon?  \nAnswer: 27 children  \n6) In a traffic survey of 200 vehicles: bikes, buses and cars were recorded. ¾ of the vehicles were cars and 17% were buses. How many bikes were there?  \nAnswer: there were 16 bikes.  \n7) In Salamanderville, there is a 24% chance it will rain on any given day. How many days of rain would you  \nexpect it to be dry in 50 days?   \nAnswer: 38 days would be dry  \n8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time. In 200 days, how many times would she cycle?  \nImpossible question – we do not know how much of the time she drives.","cbCaic8oGctOXwDv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic8oGctOXwDv","pdf",175130,"English","# Percentage of Number Problems 2B\n## Answers","[{\"question\":\"How do you solve a percentage-of-number ice cream problem?\",\"answer\":\"Use the given percentage of vanilla and strawberry to subtract from the total, then calculate how many of the remaining are chocolate. The worksheet example gives 50 chocolate ice creams.\"},{\"question\":\"How many tigers are there in the animal park question?\",\"answer\":\"Compute lions as 20% of 120, zebras as half of the animals, then subtract those from 120 to get tigers. The worksheet answer is 36 tigers.\"},{\"question\":\"Which problem is identified as impossible or a trick?\",\"answer\":\"The final scenario is impossible because the worksheet does not provide how much time Sally drives, only her walking percentage, so the cycling amount cannot be determined. The answer notes: “Impossible question – we do not know how much of the time she drives.”\"}]","Percentage of Number Problems 2B - Answers - Solve the percentage word problems | PDF",1792680496]