GCSE · Percentages & growth

Percentage change and multipliersExam-style questions

Why every percentage increase or decrease is a single multiplication, how to build the multiplier, and why "percentage change" is always measured against the original amount.

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1
In a sale, the price of a jacket is reduced from £ $64$ to £ $54.40$

Work out the percentage reduction. (2 marks)
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2
Work out $20\%$ of £ $60$ .
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3
A jacket costs £ $80$ . In a sale its price is reduced by $25\%$ . Work out the sale price.
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4
(a) Increase $240$ by $15\%$ (2 marks)

(b) Work out $35\%$ of $80$ (1 mark)
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5
Sam buys a bike for £ $240$ and sells it for £ $306$

Work out his percentage profit. (2 marks)
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