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Remember to read carefully! See if you can spot the impossible problem which cannot be answered!  \n\n| 1) A shop sells chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| creams sold are vanilla, and ¼ are strawberry. What percentage are chocolate? | |\n\n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 17% of the animals are lions and 10 of the animals are zebras. What percentage are tigers?  \n3) LA Galaxy have won 5 of their soccer matches. What percentage have they lost?  \n4) Out of the 250 million cars on the road in the US, about 3.5% 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 applesand 5 chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon?  \n6) In a traffic survey, some bikes, buses and cars were recorded.¾ 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 and a 6% chance of strong winds. What is the chance it will stay |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| dry? | |\n\n8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time and drives about 5 of the time. What percentage of the time does she cycle?  \nDid you manage to find the impossible problem?  \nSPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2B ANSWERS  \n\n| 1) A shop sells chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams. 45% of the ice |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| creams sold are vanilla, and ¼ are strawberry. What percentage are chocolate?\u003Cbr>Answer: 30% | |\n\n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 17% of the animals are lions and 10 of the animals are zebras. What percentage are tigers?  \nAnswer: 53%  \n3) LA Galaxy have won 5 of their soccer matches. What percentage have they lost?  \nImpossible problem – we don’t knowhow many are tied.  \n4) Out of the 250 million cars on the road in the US, about 3.5% are diesel. What percentage are not diesel?  \nAnswer: 96.5%  \n5) In a fruit survey, children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 29% chose applesand 5 chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon?  \nAnswer: 31%  \n6) In a traffic survey, some bikes, buses and cars were recorded.¾ of the vehicles were cars and 17% were buses. What percentage were bikes?  \nAnswer: 8%  \n7) There is a 22% chance it will rain tomorrow and a 6% chance of strong winds. What is the chance it will stay dry?  \nAnswer: 78%(the wind is irrelevant information)  \n8) Sally either walks, cycles or drives to work. She walks about 15% of the time and drives about 5 of the time. What percentage of the time does she cycle?  \nAnswer: 25%","cbCaibrdlhzFMDKb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibrdlhzFMDKb","pdf",172764,"English","# Spot the Percentage 2B\n## Practice Problems\n## Answers","[{\"question\":\"How do you find the missing percentage for ice-cream sales in problem 1?\",\"answer\":\"Use the given fractions: 45% are vanilla and 1/4 are strawberry, then subtract the total from 100% to get the chocolate percentage.\"},{\"question\":\"Which problem is impossible in this worksheet and why?\",\"answer\":\"Problem 3 is impossible because only the number of wins is given; the number tied is unknown, so the losing percentage cannot be determined.\"},{\"question\":\"How do you calculate the percentage of cars that are not diesel in problem 4?\",\"answer\":\"Take the complement of diesel: not diesel = 100% − 3.5% = 96.5%.\"}]","SPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2B - Work Out the Missing Percentages | PDF",1792680513]