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What percentage are chocolate?  \n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 17% of the animals are lions and half the animals are zebras. What percentage are tigers?  \n\n| 3) LA Galaxy have won 68% of their soccer matches. What percentage |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| have they lost? | |\n\n4) Out of the 250 million cars on the road in the US, about 3% are diesel. What percentage are not diesel?  \n5) In a fruit survey, children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 29% chose apples, 41% chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon?  \n6) In a traffic survey, some bikes, buses and cars were recorded. 70% of the vehicles were cars and 17% were buses. What percentage were bikes?  \n\n| 7) There is a 22% chance it will rain tomorrow. What is the chance it will |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| stay dry? | |\n\n8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time and drives about 50% of the time. What percentage of the time does she cycle?  \nDid you manage to find the impossible problem?  \nSPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2A ANSWERS  \n1) A shop sells chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice creams sold are vanilla, and 17% are strawberry. What percentage are chocolate?  \nAnswer: 38%  \n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 17% of the animals are lions and half the animals are zebras. What percentage are tigers?  \nAnswer: 33%  \n3) LA Galaxy have won 68% of their soccer matches. What percentage have they lost?  \nImpossible question – we don’t knowhow many matches have been drawn  \n4) Out of the 250 million cars on the road in the US, about 3% are diesel. What percentage are not diesel?  \nAnswer: 97%  \n5) In a fruit survey, children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 29% chose apples, 41% chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon?  \nAnswer: 30%  \n6) In a traffic survey, some bikes, buses and cars were recorded. 70% of the vehicles were cars and 17% were buses. What percentage were bikes?  \nAnswer: 13%  \n\n| 7) There is a 22% chance it will rain tomorrow. What is the chance it will |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| stay dry?\u003Cbr>Answer: 78% | |\n\n8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time and drives about 50% of the time. 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