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What percentage are boys?  \n2) In a packet of skittles, 27% are red and 14% are blue.  \nWhat percentage are not red?  \n3) In a group of 50 children, 11 cannot swim. What percentage are nonswimmers?  \n4) Frazer scores 250 in a spelling test. What percentage did he get right?  \n5) Toronto FC have won half of their games and lost 42% of their games. What percentage have they tied?  \n6) Children had to pick their favourite sport from basketball, football and hockey.  \n35% chose basketball and ¼ chose hockey. What percentage chose football?  \n7) 38% of the animals in a dog and cat rescue centre are cats. What percentage are dogs?  \n8) In a math test, 32% of the children scored an average score. What percentage scored above average?  \n9) In a study of students under 25 years old, one-fifth have not yet learned to drive. What percentage can drive?  \n10) In a survey of 100 people, 6 people did not know how to ride a bike. 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