Question 1
A bike was reduced by 20\% in a sale.
If its sale price was £520, what was its original price?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £650
Workings:
£520 \div 0.8 = £650
Marks = 2
Question 2
A painter increases his charges by 6\% to £21.20 per hour.
How much did he charge before the increase?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £20
Workings:
£21.20 \div 1.06 = £20
Marks = 2
Question 3
A dress is offered at £105 in a 30\% sale.
How much does it normally cost?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £150
Workings:
£105 \div 0.7 = £150
Marks = 3
Question 4
A business wants to increase its number of employees by 65\% to 20,460.
How many employees does the company currently have?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 12400
Workings:
20,460 \div 1.65 = 12,400
Marks = 2
Question 5
A sofa in a 25\% off sale costs £330.
How much does it normally cost?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £440
Workings:
£330 \div 0.75 = £440
Marks = 2
Question 6
The price of a chocolate box has increased by 15\%.
The box of chocolates now costs £17.25.
How much did it cost originally?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £15
Workings:
£17.25 \div 1.15
Marks = 2
Question 7
The price of a local football clubs season ticket increased by 4\%.
The new price of a season ticket is £98.80.
What was the price before this increase?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: £95
Workings:
£98.80 \div 1.04 = £95
Marks = 2
Question 8
An extra large lemonade contains 10\% more than a normal bottle.
The extra large bottle contains 660 ml, how much does the normal bottle contain?
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 600 ml
Workings:
660 ml \div 1.10 = 600 ml
Marks = 2
Question 9
A multivitamin contains 16.2 mg of vitamin C.
This is 24\% of the recommended daily intake.
What daily intake of vitamin C is recommended?
Give your answer in milligrams.
ANSWER: Simple text answer
Answer: 67.5 mg
Workings:
16.2 \div 0.24 = 67.5 mg
Marks = 2
Question 10
A manufacturer manufactures a car for a fixed cost.
The car show room determines the selling price to be 55\% above the manufacturing cost.
The car show room currently has a sale, reducing all cars be 16\%.
The sale price of the car is £12,369.
Calculate the manufacturing cost of the car.
ANSWER: Simple Text Answer
Answer: £9500
Workings:
£12,369 \div 0.84 = £14,725
£14,725 \div 1.55 = £9,500
Marks = 3