4MA0 Foundation June 2011 Paper 1 Q6

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6 The table shows the percentage of the population of Sri Lanka who follow each of 4 religions.

ReligionPercentage of population
Buddhism69%
Hinduism16%
Islam8%
Christianity7%
(a) Write 16% as a fraction.
Give your fraction in its simplest form. (2)
(b) Write 7% as a decimal. (1)
(c) What percentage of the population does not follow Buddhism? (1)
(d) The population of Sri Lanka is 21 million.
Work out 16% of 21 million.
Give your answer correct to the nearest million. (2)