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7 Here is the forecast of rain for a town for a week.

a Order the days from their lowest percentage chance of rain to the highest percentage chance of rain.

b Which days have their percentage chance of rain being greater than a half?

c Which day or days have their chance of rain being equal to one fifth d Which day or days have their chance of rain being closest to one quarter

8 Here are the results of a survey undertaken by a group of students. 100 people were in the survey. The students found the following out about the 100 people they surveyed:

• 48 were born overseas

• 45 identified as female, 47 as male, and 8 as non-binary

• 40 were younger than 21, 45 were aged over 21, 15 were older than 50

• 65 had completed Year 12, and 35 had a University Degree a Convert the information in each statement to a percentage or percentages. b Write a paragraph about the date that summarises the statements, with sentences that use percentages, and, where it makes sense, equivalent fractions. (For example: “Nearly half of the people were born overseas”.)

• 26 of them do not have a job.