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What percentage are boys?  \n2) In a packet of skittles, 27% are red and 5 are blue.  \nWhat percentage are not red?  \n3) In a group of 50 children, 11 cannot swim. What percentage can swim?  \n4) Frazer scores 120 in a spelling test. What percentage is this?  \n5) Toronto FC have won 5 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. 10 chose basketball and ¼ chose hockey. What percentage  \nchose football?  \n7) 82 of the 200 animals in a dog and cat rescue centre are cats. What percentage are dogs?  \n8) In a math test, 10 of the children scored an average score. What percentage scored above average?  \n9) In a study of 300 students under 25 years old, 21 have not yet learned to drive. What percentage can drive?  \n10) In a survey of 1000 people, 60 people did not know how to ride a bike. 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