Percentages

Question

Coffee
A cup of coffee costs £1.75
The diagram shows how much money different people get when
you buy a cup of coffee.
Retailers get 44p
Growers get 5p
Others get £1.26
Cup of coffee
costs £1.75

(a) Complete the table to show what percentage of the cost of a cup
of coffee goes to retailers, growers and others.
Show your working.
Retailers %
Growers %
Others %

Answer 1

It's fairly simple, since a pence (if I recall correctly) is just 1/100th of a pound). Each percent is just each amount divided by the total. But since you want everything in the same units, use 175p for the total instead of 1.75 lb. So for example,

 

% retailers = 100% x 44/175 = 25.1%.

 

You can do the rest using this method.