1 In a group of students 21 were right handed and 5 were left handed.
Approximately what percentage of the total group were left handed? [?]%


2 A hotel had a total of 14,963 guests one year. 3,039 occupied single rooms.
Approximately what percentage occupied single rooms? (Hint: Round each number to the nearest thousand). [?]%


3 On a bus route there were 409 passengers, 95 of the passengers were children. Approximately what percentage were children? [?]%




4 The cost of a computer is reduced from £515 to £400.

a What is the reduction? £[?]
b Write the reduction as an approximate percentage of the original cost. [?]%


5 Attendance at a football ground drops from 25,194 in 2009 to 16,075 in 2010 following a poor season.

a Round the numbers to calculate the reduction in attendance to the nearest thousand. [?]
b What is this as an approximate percentage of the attendance in 2009?
[?]%