Percentages

Last year, on the television programme Antiques Roadshow... work out the approximate profit.

What is 50% of 2007 plus 2007% of 50?

If a sum invested gains 10% each year how long before it has doubled its value?

To make porridge, Goldilocks mixes oats and wheat bran..... what percentage of the mix is wheat?

How much more antifreeze is needed to make the proportion 30%?

How many rats did the Pied Piper catch?

Can you find the percentage increase if the results appear in code?

Can you find the pairs that represent the same amount of money?

Go through the maze, collecting and losing your money as you go. Which route gives you the highest return? And the lowest?

Charlie thinks that a six comes up less often than the other numbers on the dice. Have a look at the results of the test his class did to see if he was right.