5 Match these percentages (a-g) to the fractions (1-7). a 50% b 25% c 75% d 3 3.3% e 40% f 10% g 66
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% 1 two-thirds 2 half 3 a/one quarter 4 two-fifths 5 three-quarters 6
a/one third 7 a/one tenth 6 W rite a suitable percentage for each of these descriptions. 1
just over three-quarters "J(o% 2 Nearly a third of girls said ... 3 Just under a quarter of people asked said ... 4 around a third of all passengers 5 almost half of students 6
Approximately two-thirds of parents said ... 7 W rite these percentages in words and add an idea to create a sentence. Use the subject in brackets to help you. Then compare your sentences w ith the suggested answ ers on page 124. 1 32% (smokers) JiXs+ i/nd&r
a -hnird
o f all smokers sa id -they
s*vioKed fe-v^e-r -than
W c.igare+t'es a day.
2 52% (teenagers) 3 74% (household appliances) 4 64% (doctors) 5 27% (new roads) 6
75% (IELTS students) 8 Look at these four different w ays for w riting about key percentages. 1 0
% a tenth of / one in ten / one out of ten / one out of every ten Rewrite these key percentages using one of the four w ays above. 1 20% 2 25% 3 50% 8 Comparative graphs
