PercentagesEdexcel IGCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
Edexcel IGCSE Maths
Percentages
Total 26 marks
Name
Class
Date
- 1A clothing shop is analysing sales and pricing using percentages during a seasonal sale.(a)A shop sells 45 out of 180 T-shirts in stock during a sale. What percentage of the stock was sold?[1 mark]
- A
- B
- C
- D
(b)A jacket originally priced at 80 dollars is reduced by . What is the sale price?[1 mark]- A dollars
- B dollars
- C dollars
- D dollars
(c)Express as a percentage.[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2An electronics store is tracking price changes on a phone model over two consecutive price adjustments.(a)A phone originally cost 320 dollars. Its price increased by . Calculate the new price.[2 marks](b)The following month, the new price of 358.40 dollars is reduced by . Calculate this reduced price and explain why it is not equal to the original price of 320 dollars.[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3A charity is comparing its annual donation totals and needs to calculate percentage changes and reverse percentages to understand its funding history.(a)A charity's donations increased from 4200 dollars last year to 4830 dollars this year. Calculate the percentage increase in donations.[3 marks](b)After a decrease the following year, the charity's donations became 4105.50 dollars. Use reverse percentages to find the donation total before this decrease.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A company is analysing its revenue over three years, involving multiple percentage increases and decreases, and comparing the overall change to a single equivalent percentage change.(a)A company's revenue was 250,000 dollars in Year 1. In Year 2, revenue increased by . In Year 3, revenue decreased by from the Year 2 figure. Calculate the revenue at the end of Year 3.[4 marks](b)Calculate the overall percentage change in revenue from Year 1 (250,000 dollars) to Year 3 (256,500 dollars, using your answer to part (a)), stating whether it is an increase or decrease.[4 marks](c)Using a single multiplier method, show that combining an increase followed by a decrease gives an overall multiplier of , and use this to verify your answer to part (b).[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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