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Remember to read carefully! See if you can spot the impossible problem which cannot be answered!  \n1) A shop sells 200 chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams in a day. 42 of the ice creams sold are vanilla, and ¼ are strawberry. What percentage are chocolate?  \n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 5 of the animals are lions and 10 of the animals are zebras. What percentage are tigers?  \n3) LA Galaxy have won 20 of their soccer matches. What percentage have they  \nlost?   \n4) Out of the 250 million cars on the road in the US, about 50 are diesel. What percentage are not diesel?  \n5) In a fruit survey, 300 children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 150 chose apples and 90 chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon?  \n6) In a traffic survey, some bikes, buses and cars were recorded. 5 of the vehicles were cars and 7% were buses. What percentage  \nwere bikes?  \n\n| 7) There is a 22% chance it will rain tomorrow and a ¼ 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 20 of the time and drives about 42% of the time. What percentage of the time does she cycle?  \nDid you manage to find the impossible problem?   \nSPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2C ANSWERS  \n1) A shop sells 200 chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams in a day. 42 of the ice creams sold are vanilla, and ¼ are strawberry. What percentage are chocolate?  \nAnswer: 54%  \n2) An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 5 of the animals are lions and 10 of the animals are zebras. What percentage are tigers?  \nAnswer: 30%  \n3) LA Galaxy have won 20 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 50 are diesel. What percentage are not diesel?  \nAnswer: 96%  \n5) In a fruit survey, 300 children choose their favourite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 150 chose apples and 90 chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon?  \nAnswer: 20%  \n6) In a traffic survey, some bikes, buses and cars were recorded. 5 of the vehicles were cars and 7% were buses. What percentage  \nwere bikes?  \nAnswer: 13%  \n7) There is a 22% chance it will rain tomorrow and a ¼ 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 20 of the time and drives about 42% of the time. What percentage of the time does she cycle?  \nAnswer: 43%","cbCaisUTQ1SlKuke","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisUTQ1SlKuke","pdf",171384,"English","# Missing Percentages Problems\n## Ice creams, animals, and sports\n## Cars and fruit survey\n## Traffic survey, weather probability, commuting choice\n# Answers and Impossible Problem","[{\"question\":\"Why is problem 3 labeled impossible?\",\"answer\":\"Because the number of matches that are tied is not provided. Without knowing how many matches were tied, the percentage lost cannot be uniquely determined.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the chance it will stay dry in problem 7?\",\"answer\":\"Stay dry means not rain and not affected by the wind: the probability is 1−0.22=0.78=78%.\"}]","SPOT THE PERCENTAGE 2C - Work out the missing percentages | PDF",1792680518]