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What is 8% of 40%?
8/100 x 40/100=0.032 0.032 x 100 = 3.2%
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A price of £12.50 is increased by 20%. What is the new price?
20+100=120 120/100=1.2 1.2 x 12.50=£15
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An item now priced at £12.00 carries a lablel “original priced reduced by 25%” what was the original price?
100-25= 75 75/100 x p=12 (p is the original price) P = 12 x 100/ 75= £16
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The number of customers of an online store has increased by 12% since last year. If there were 850 customers last year, how many are there now?
 100 +12=112  112/100=1.12  1.12 x 850= 952
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The amount of non-recyclable waste produced by a factory has decreased by 30% compared with last year. This year 16 tonnes were produced. What was last years amount to 1 decimal place?
16/70 X 100 =22.85
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An investment attracts 5% interest per year. If you invest £200 at the start of year 1, and interest is added on the last day of the year, how much money do you have at the end of year 1?
 100 + 5 = 105  First year- 1.05 x 200= 210  Second year- 1.05 x 210= 220.50
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A firm sells a product for £420 plus value added tax at 17.5 % How much does it cost to buy the product?
100+17.5= 117.5 117.5/100 x 420 = 493.50
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A restaurant surveyed 12,000 customers. 4560 were male. What percentage were female?
 12000-4560= 7440  7740/ 12000 x 100= 62%
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Volkswagen sold 42,000 golfs in the first quarter of 2015. In the same period in 2016 it sold 47,000 golfs. Express the increase as a percentage to one decimal place.
 47000-42000=5,000  5000/42000 x 100 =11.9%
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In the first quarter of 2017 Volkswagen sold 41,000 golfs. Express the decrease over 2015 as a percentage
 42,000-41,000= 1,000  1000/42000 X 100=2.4%  100%- 2.4%= 97.6
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At the end of 2016 Volkswagen increased the price of the golf by 7%. The new price was £16,000. What was the original price?
 100+7=107  107/100=1.07  P x 1.07=16,000  P= 16000/1.07= 14953.27
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55% of Acers computer sales are laptops. Of these 20% are silver colour. Calculate how many sales are silver laptops.
 0.20 x 0.55=11%
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A book shop buys books for £5.00. the book shop adds a mark up of 40%. What price does the book shop sell books for?
 100 +40= 140  140/100 =1.4  1.4 x 5=7
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A fashion retailer is considering a 20% discount on all items priced at £30. What will the new price be?
 100- 20%= 80%  80/100 x £30= £24
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Express 1/5 as a percentage
 Put it in the calculator= 0.2  Take off the decimal place- 20%
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Express 0.673 as a fraction
673/1000
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Express 16527 to two significant figures
16,000
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Express 0.00345 to 2 significant figures
0.0035
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What is a quarter of 0.08
0.8/4= 0.2
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What is 3 quarters of 36
¾ x 36/1 = 27
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A manufacturer has fixed weekly costs of £20000. The costs of selling one of their products is £5.00. if the firm makes a 1000 products what would the variables be?
1000 x 5= £5000
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from the previous question- what would the equation be if Y=total costs and X is the number of products made in a week?
Y=2000 X 5X
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A price of £12.50 is increased by 20%. What is the new price?

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20+100=120 120/100=1.2 1.2 x 12.50=£15

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An item now priced at £12.00 carries a lablel “original priced reduced by 25%” what was the original price?

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The number of customers of an online store has increased by 12% since last year. If there were 850 customers last year, how many are there now?

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The amount of non-recyclable waste produced by a factory has decreased by 30% compared with last year. This year 16 tonnes were produced. What was last years amount to 1 decimal place?

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