TASK 2-Percentages (34 Marks)
Topic: Finding Percentages
1. Suppose you have a grandmother who gives you one cent on your first birthday. The
next year she gives you 3 cents, the following year 9 cents. Each year she triples the
amount she gave the year before until you are 13.
How much money would you have on your 12 birthday? you would have
$154
72
(a) Complete the table below (BMarks)
Birthday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Total
Money
1c
3c
9c
27c
81c
$2.43
34 86
39 72
$19 34
338 68
377 36
$154 72
Percentage
3309-44
$309 44
(b) What percentage is the amount of money on your 12th birthday to the total money
given by your grandmother. Your percentage need to be corrected to two decimal
places. You need to show all the steps for your percentage calculation.