CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Sch 2009 P6 SA1 Paper 2 Q15

There were some prizes ot be won at a Shop and Win Contest. 35% were cash prizes and there rest were household items. Some cash prizes were given out and the percentage of cash prizes decreased to 22%. If there were 54 more household items than cash prizes at first, find the number of cash prizes being removed.

Solution

Before
Cash --> 35%
Household Items consists of
--> 35% + 30%(54 items) = 65%

30% --> 54
1% --> 54 divided by 30 = 1.8
(Cash before) 35% --> 35 x 1.8 = 63
(Household Items) 65% --> 65 x 1.8 = 117

After
Cash became --> 22%
Household Items --> (remaining) 78%

78% --> 117
1% --> 117 divided by 78 = 1.5
(Cash after) 22% --> 22 x 1.5 = 33

Cash before - Cash after --> Cash prizes removed
63 - 33 = 30

Answer: 30 cash prizes

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