Find the following values without a calculator.
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%)
- Express 300 mℓ as a percentage of 5 ℓ.
- Express 900 mℓ as a percentage of 1 ℓ.
- Express 30 min as a percentage of 2 hours.
- Express 6 min as a percentage of 50 seconds.
(a)
1 ℓ = 1000 mℓ
5 ℓ = 5000 mℓ
3005000 x 100% = 6%
(b)
900 mℓ = 0.9 ℓ
0.91 x 100% = 90%
(c)
1 h = 60 min
2 h = 120 min
30120 x 100% = 25%
(d)
1 min = 60 seconds
6 min = 360 seconds
36050 x 100% = 720%
Answer(s): 6%, 90%, 25%, 720%