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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19 questions · GCSE (Higher) level · mark scheme and worked solution on each · no sign-up to try

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  1. 1
    (a) Increase 240240 by 15%15\% (2 marks)

    (b) Work out 35%35\% of 8080 (1 mark)
    Level 2 · 3 marksTry it
  2. 2
    Sam buys a bike for £240240 and sells it for £306306

    Work out his percentage profit. (2 marks)
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  3. 3
    (a) A jacket costs £8080. In a sale its price is reduced by 35%35\%. Work out the sale price. [2]

    (b) Write 12.5%12.5\% as a fraction in its simplest form. [1]
    Level 2 · 3 marksTry it
  4. 4
    65%65\% of the trees in a wood are broadleaf trees.

    40%40\% of the broadleaf trees are oak trees.

    What percentage of the trees in the wood are oak trees?

    (2 marks)
    Level 2 · 2 marksTry it