Percentage Change

Question 1

Multipliers are..

Answer 1

A percentage multiplier is a number used to work out out a percentage increase for or decrease of an amount.

Question 2

35% into decimal

Answer 2

0.35

Question 3

0.1655 into percentage

Answer 3

16.56%

Question 4

27% into decimal

Answer 4

0.27

Question 5

20% into decimal

Answer 5

0.2

Question 6

Increase 200 by 35%

Answer 6

Multiplier - 200 x 1.35
Calculation - 200 x 1.35 = 270

Question 7

Decrease 50 by 25%

Answer 7

Multiplier - 50 x 0.75
Calculation - 50 x 0.75 = 37.5

Question 8

Decrease 180 by 12%

Answer 8

Multiplier - 180 x 0.88
Calculation - 180 x 0.88 = 158.4

Question 9

Increase 80 by adding 3%

Answer 9

Multiplier - 80 x 1.03
Calculation - 80 x 1.03 = 82.4

Question 10

Decrease 263 by 84%

Answer 10

Multiplier - 263 x 0.16
Calculation - 263 x 0.16 = 42.08

Question 11

Increase 1070 by 15.6%

Answer 11

Multiplier - 1070 x 1.156
Calculation - 1070 x 1.156 = 1,236.92

Question 12

Skye wants a new pair of trousers. She sees they cost £35 on ASOS or £42 in Zara. At the moment, ASOS has a 15% off sale and ZARA has a 28% off sale.

Which shop should she buy them from?

Answer 12

Asos - £35 x 0.85 =£29.75
ZARA - £42 x 0.72 =£30.24

Question 13

**Yunus is looking to buy a car. The car he wants has two different finance options: he can either pay the full price of £3400 upfront +20% tax or he can do 12 monthly payments of £280 + 10% tax.

What is cheaper?**

Answer 13

£3400 + 20% = £3400 x 1.2 = £4,080.00

280 x 12 x 1.1 = £3,696