Percentage

Chapter 8 Study Notes · O-Level 4052

Section 1 of 10

Learning Outcomes

  • Convert between percentages, fractions and decimals
  • Work with percentages greater than 100% and less than 1%
  • Find the percentage of a given quantity
  • Express one quantity as a percentage of another
  • Compare two quantities by percentage
  • Calculate percentage change (increase and decrease)
  • Solve reverse percentage problems
  • Apply percentages to real-world contexts: profit and loss, discount, GST and commission
Contents

8.0Why Percentage Matters

A 20%20\% sale, 9%9\% GST on a restaurant bill, 78%78\% of your data used: percentages are how Singapore prices, taxes and measures almost everything.

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Questions on Percentage, marked as you go, with the working shown.

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