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It comes down tails 42% of the time. How |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| many heads did I toss? | |\n\n4) A piece of hematite contains 72% iron. If the hematite weighed 160g, how much iron would there be?  \n5) In a basketball game, Sally is the top scorer with 45% of the team’s points. If the team scored 120 points in total, how many points did the rest of the team score?  \n6) A survey of 1250 trees in a small wood showed that 32% were oak trees, 26% were birch trees and the remainder were pine trees. How many pine trees were there?  \n7) A toy helicopter costs $64 before sales tax. If the sales tax is 5%, how  \nmuch would it cost to buy?   \n8) In a school survey of 450 pupils, 64% walk to school regularly. How many children is this?  \nDid you manage to find the impossible problem?  \nPERCENTAGE OF NUMBER PROBLEMS 3C ANSWERS  \n1) A bike costs $350 but is reduced by 35% in a sale.  \nWhat does it cost in the sale?  \nAnswer: $227.50  \n2) A bag contains some red, blue and yellow balls. 32% of the balls are blue and 44% are red.  \nIf there are 150 balls in the bag, how many are yellow?  \nAnswer: 36 yellow balls  \n3) I toss a coin lots of times. It comes down tails 42% of the time. How many heads did I toss?  \nImpossible question – we do not know the number of tosses.  \n4) A piece of hematite contains 72% iron. If the hematite weighed 160g, how much iron would there be?  \nAnswer: 115.2g  \n\n| 5) In a basketball game, Sally is the top scorer with 45% of the team’s points. If the team scored 120 points in total, how many points did the rest of the team score? |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Answer: 66 | points | |\n\n6) A survey of 1250 trees in a small wood showed that 32% were oak trees, 26% were birch trees and the remainder were pine trees. How many pine trees were there?  \nAnswer: 525 pine trees  \n\n| 7) A toy helicopter costs $64 before sales tax. If the sales tax is 5%, how |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| much would it cost to buy?\u003Cbr>Answer: $67.20 | |\n\n8) In a school survey of 450 pupils, 64% walk to school regularly. How many children is this?  \nAnswer: 288 children","cbCaiazLhrgHO2XP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiazLhrgHO2XP","pdf",234432,"English","# Percentage of Number Problems 3C\n## Questions\n## Answers","[{\"question\":\"What does the worksheet ask students to do in the first section?\",\"answer\":\"Students find the answers to eight percentage of number word problems and try to spot the impossible or trick problem.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is question 3 identified as impossible?\",\"answer\":\"It gives the percentage of tails (42%) but does not provide the total number of coin tosses, so the number of heads cannot be determined.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the answer to question 2 about the yellow balls?\",\"answer\":\"With 150 balls, 32% are blue and 44% are red, so 24% are yellow, which equals 36 yellow balls.\"}]","Percentage of Number Problems 3C - Find Answers and Spot the Impossible Trick Problem | PDF",1792680507]