L1-13 Read, write, order and compare percentages in whole numbers Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Maths, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. What does 40% mean?

   • 40 out of 100
   • 4 out of 100
   • 40 out of 1000
   • 400 out of 100

2. Put these percentages in ascending order: 25%, 52%, 5%, 15%.

   • 15%, 5%, 25%, 52%
   • 52%, 25%, 15%, 5%
   • 5%, 25%, 15%, 52%
   • 5%, 15%, 25%, 52%

3. Which is larger: 63% or 36%?

   • 36%
   • Cannot be compared
   • They are equal
   • 63%

4. What percentage is one half?

   • 5%
   • 25%
   • 75%
   • 50%

5. In a survey of 100 people, 37 chose tea. What percentage chose tea?

   • 37%
   • 3.7%
   • 73%
   • 63%

6. Exam scores were 58%, 62%, 49% and 71%. Which is the highest?

   • 58%
   • 71%
   • 49%
   • 62%

7. A team has 17 out of 20 pupils present. What percentage is present?

   • 20%
   • 17%
   • 75%
   • 85%

8. What does 100% represent?

   • half the amount
   • the whole amount
   • nothing
   • double the amount

9. A class has 30 students and 18 remain after a trip. What percentage remain?

   • 40%
   • 30%
   • 18%
   • 60%

10. A football team won 14 of its 20 matches. What percentage did it win?

    • 14%
    • 70%
    • 80%
    • 60%

11. Class A got 22 of 25 correct and class B got 17 of 20 correct. Which class had the higher percentage?

    • Class A
    • Cannot tell
    • Class B
    • They are equal

12. What does the word 'percent' come from?

    • per thousand
    • per hundred
    • per ten
    • per fraction

13. Among 100 items, 6 are faulty. What percentage is faulty?

    • 6%
    • 0.6%
    • 16%
    • 60%

14. Which is greatest: 19%, 91%, 109% or 9%?

    • 9%
    • 109%
    • 91%
    • 19%

15. 60 of 120 children are girls. What percentage are boys?

    • 40%
    • 120%
    • 50%
    • 60%

16. A test has 40 marks and a pupil scores 34. What percentage is this?

    • 80%
    • 34%
    • 85%
    • 86%

17. A jar holds 75 sweets, and 15 are red. What percentage are red?

    • 15%
    • 20%
    • 80%
    • 75%

18. A pupil answers 9 of 10 questions correctly. What percentage is this?

    • 9%
    • 10%
    • 99%
    • 90%

19. What is 3 out of 10 as a percentage?

    • 3%
    • 300%
    • 13%
    • 30%

20. Out of 200 people, 150 can swim. What percentage can swim?

    • 15%
    • 75%
    • 150%
    • 50%

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