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Finding the Original quantity after an increase or

decrease

Increasing by 10%
Start Price

32
40
55

New Price

35.2
60.5
x44
1.1
0
32
55
40
1.1

60.5
35.2
44
0

Decrease by 15%
Start Price

32
40
55

New Price

27.2
46.7
x 34
0.85
5
0
32
55
40
0.85

46.7
27.2
34
5
0

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1) There are 18 soft-centred chocolates in a box. This
is 72% of the total. How many in the box
altogether?
2) 12.5% of Freds phone calls (9) were not from his
friends. How many calls altogether.
3) A second-hand car is priced at 6440. If its value
has depreciated by 15%, how much was it worth
new?
4) Some trousers were increased by 20% to 36.
What was their original cost.

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1)

A quantity is decreased by 3%. It now weighs 38.8kg. What was the original weight? 40kg

2)

A coat was advertised in a sale at 79 after a 5% reduction. What was the original price?

3)

Nobbys salary was increased by 7%. His new salary after the pay rise is 28 890. What

83.16

was his original salary?

4)

27 000

In a local election Labour received 1375 votes. This was 12% up on the previous election.

What was their previous number of votes?

5)

1228 votes

A charitys income has been reduced by 12.5%. Its income is now 49 000 per year. What

was its previous revenue?

56 000

EXTENSION (EXAM QUESTIONS)

1)

In a sale all the normal prices are reduced by 18%. In the sale Mandy pays 12.71 for a hat.
Calculate the normal price of the hat. ..
(Total 3 marks)

2) In

a sale, normal prices are reduced by 20%. Andrew bought a saddle for his horse in the sale.
The sale price of the saddle was 220. Calculate the normal price of the saddle.
(Total 3 marks)

3)A

garage sells cars. It offers a discount of 13.5% off the normal price for cash. Dave pays
5200 cash for a car. Calculate the normal price of the car. ..........................
(Total 3 marks)

Practise
a) 15%

a) 15%
b) 25%
c) 4%
d) 0.5%
e) 13.5%
2. Find the original prices of
these prices that have been
increased by the given
percentage:
a) Cost= 49.5 after 10%
increase
b) Cost= 74.75 after 15%
increase
c) Cost= 61 after 22%
increase
d) Cost= 104 after 30%
increase
e) Cost= 120 after 50%
increase
3. I have 252 in my bank
account; this is due to me
earning 5% interest on what

by:

b) 25%
c) 4%
d) 0.5%
e) 13.5%
5. Find the original prices of
these items that have been
decreased by the given
percentage:
a) Cost= 72 after 10%
decrease
b) Cost= 93.5 after 15%
decrease
c) Cost= 42.5 after 35%
decrease
d) Cost= 4 after 40%
decrease
e) Cost= 67.50 after 55%
decrease
6. A Cars value has dropped
by 11.5% it is now worth

Star Question
A woman puts some money into a bank
account and each year gains 3.5% of what
is in there, after 5 years she has 2035,
how much did she put in originally?