CALCULATING WITH
PERCENTAGES
REVERSE PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Lesson Objective :
To calculate the original value given the percentage change and new
value.
Lesson Outcome:
Apply the formula to find reverse percentage and solve word problems
based on real life applications.
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Starter
Topshop are planning for their annual Box Day Sale and need to calculate the sale prices of their clothes.
Using The Percentage Multiplier method, calculate the sale price of these items.
Item Price Discount
£35 20%
£45 15%
£70 35%
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Item Price Discount Calculation
£35 20% £35 × 0.80 = £28
£45 15% £45 × 0.85 = £38.25
£70 35% £70 × 0.65 = £45.50
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Reverse Percentages
Multiply by the
Multiplier
Price before Price after
discount discount
Divide by the
Multiplier
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Reverse Percentages
Initial Percentage Final
Amount Change Amount
Friday, 16 September 2022 Reverse Percentages
In a sale, the all items are reduced by 20%. If the sale price of a jacket is £40,
what was its price prior to the sale?
Initial Percentag Final
Amount e Change Amount
? × 0.80 = £40
Rearranging our
equation… The jacket was £50
prior to the sale
Example
The normal price of a television is reduced by 30% in a sale.
The sale price of the television is £350. Work out the
normal price of the television.
What makes this problem different?
We’re trying to find the value before the percentage change.
Original
price £350
We know that we could reduce something by …We could therefore
30% by multiplying it by 0.7. This gives us a retrieve the original value
new value of £350. by dividing by 0.7.
REVERSE PERCENTAGES
• Q1 FIND THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WHEN THE NEW VALUE, AFTER A 30%
INCREASE, IS £195.
• USING MULTIPLIER
• NEW = ORIGINAL X MULTIPLIER
• £195 = ORIGINAL X 1.30
• ORIGINAL = £195 ÷ 1.30
• ORIGINAL = £150
Friday, 16 September 2022 Quick AFL - Any 2
Find the original price in each case:
Sale Sale Sale
Price Price Price
£40 £60 £25.50
15% off!
20% off! 30% off!
Friday, 16 September 2022 Solutions
TASK 1
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Task 1 - Solutions
Task 2 :
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CHALLENGE
:
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PLENARY
Create a word problem
involving reverse
percentage and solve it.
HOMEWORK - REVERSE PERCENTAGES
• FIND ORIGINAL AMOUNTS OF THE FOLLOWING:
New Percentage Increase Multiplier Calculation Original
Amount Decrease
63.24 2
TASK: REVERSE PERCENTAGES
• FIND ORIGINAL AMOUNTS OF THE FOLLOWING:
New Percentage Increase Multiplier Calculation Original
Amount Decrease
63.24 2
286.2 6
110 45
717.66 19
4.88 22 4
46.62 7.5
TASK: REVERSE PERCENTAGES
• FIND ORIGINAL AMOUNTS OF THE FOLLOWING:
New Percentage Increase Multiplier Calculation Original
Amount Decrease
63.24 2 1.02 63.24 ÷ 1.02 62
286.2 6 1.06 286.2 ÷ 1.06 270
110 45 0.55 110 ÷ 0.55 200
717.66 19 0.81 717.66 ÷ 0.81 886
4.88 22 1.22 4.88 ÷ 1.22 4
46.62 7.5 0.925 46.62 ÷ 0.925 50.4
Extra
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