In 2018, Gretal earned $32 000.
She paid tax of 24% on these earnings.
Work out the amount she paid in tax in 2018.
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In 2018, Gretal earned $32 000.
She paid tax of 24% on these earnings.
Work out the amount she paid in tax in 2018.
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Kristian receives $72.
Kristian spends 45% of his $72 on a computer game.
Calculate the price of the computer game.
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Here is a list of ingredients to make 20 biscuits.
Find the mass of rice as a percentage of the mass of sugar.
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Ria is going to buy a caravan.
The total cost of the caravan is £7000 plus VAT at 20%.
Ria pays a deposit of £3000
She pays the rest of the total cost in 6 equal monthly payments.
Work out the amount of each monthly payment.
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Ahmed increases 40 by 300%.
From this list, put a ring around the correct calculation.
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A bag contains 54 red marbles and some blue marbles.
36% of the marbles in the bag are red.
Find the number of blue marbles in the bag.
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Roberto buys a toy for $5.00.
He then sells it for $4.60.
Calculate his percentage loss.
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Apples cost Mohsin $0.85 per kilogram to produce. He sells them at a profit of 60%.
Work out the selling price per kilogram of the apples.
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The price of a book increases from $2.50 to $2.65 .
Calculate the percentage increase.
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The fares for the train journey are shown in the table below.
From London to Marseille | Standard fare | Premier fare |
Adult | $84 | $140 |
Child | $60 | $96 |
For an adult, find the percentage increase in the cost of the standard fare to the premier fare.
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The number of passengers on a train increases from 63 to 77.
Calculate the percentage increase.
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Since a school was opened, the number of students has increased by 60%.
There are now 240 students.
Calculate the number of students when the school was opened.
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In a sale normal prices are reduced by 20%.
A washing machine has a sale price of £464
By how much money is the normal price of the washing machine reduced?
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A shop has a sale.
A microwave oven has a sale price of £90
A combination oven has a sale price of £84
Which of these ovens has the greater normal price?
You must show all your working.
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Here are three spheres.
The volume of sphere Q is 50% more than the volume of sphere P.
The volume of sphere R is 50% more than the volume of sphere Q.
Find the volume of sphere P as a fraction of the volume of sphere R.
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In 2018, Gretal earned $32 000.
In 2019, Gretal’s earnings increased by 7%.
Work out her earnings in 2019.
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In a sale the original prices are reduced by 15%.
Calculate the sale price of a book that has an original price of $12.
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The price of a bicycle is $1020.
Club members receive a 15% discount on this price.
Find how much a club member pays for this bicycle.
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A school has 240 students.
Next year, the number of students will increase by 15%.
Calculate the number of students next year.
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At time t = 0 hours a tank is full of water.
Water leaks from the tank.
At the end of every hour there is 2% less water in the tank than at the start of the hour.
The volume of water, in litres, in the tank at time t hours is Vt
Given that
Vo = 2000
Vt + 1 = kVt
write down the value of k.
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Greg sells car insurance and home insurance.
The table shows the cost of these insurances.
Insurance | car insurance | home insurance |
Cost | £200 | £350 |
Each month Greg earns
£530 basic pay
5% of the cost of all the car insurance he sells
and 10% of the cost of all the home insurance he sells
In May Greg sold
6 car insurances
and 4 home insurances
Work out the total amount of money Greg earned in May.
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Sean wants to go on holiday.
He is going to get a loan of £720 to help pay for the holiday.
Sean will have to pay back the £720 plus interest of 15%.
He will pay this back in 12 equal monthly installments.
How much money will Sean pay back each month?
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The table gives information about Ali's spending last month.
Item | Percentage of total spending |
rent | 30% |
food | 15% |
transport | 12% |
other | 43% |
Ali's total spending last month was £800
Next month Ali's rent, in pounds, is going to rise by 20%.
His total spending will still be the same.
Express the amount of money Ali will spend on rent next month as a percentage of £800.
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Bill buys and sells laptops.
Last month Bill bought 50 laptops.
He paid £400 for each laptop.
He sold
40 of these laptops at a profit of 30% on each laptop
10 of these laptops at a profit of 15% on each laptop
Bill's target last month was to sell all 50 laptops for a total of at least £25 000
Did Bill reach this target?
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Renee buys 5 kg of sweets to sell.
She pays £10 for the sweets.
Renee puts all the sweets into bags.
She puts 250 g of sweets into each bag.
She sells each bag of sweets for 65p.
Renee sells all the bags of sweets.
Work out her percentage profit.
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The normal price of a television is reduced by 30% in a sale.
The sale price of the television is £350
Work out the normal price of the television.
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Jules buys a washing machine.
20% VAT is added to the price of the washing machine.
Jules then has to pay a total of £600
What is the price of the washing machine with no VAT added?
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