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Percentage Increase
Revise Percentage Increase in Ratio & Proportion for GCSE Mathematics with 12 exam-style questions and 22 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still pick up marks when it appears in mixed-topic papers.
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What is a percentage increase?
Finding a new amount after adding a percentage to the original amount
What is the multiplier for a 10% increase?
1.10 (because 1 + 0.10 = 1.10)
Exam questions for Percentage Increase
What multiplier is used to increase a value by 15%?
Ahmed says: 'To increase a price by 30%, I first find 30% of the price and then add it on. This always takes two steps.' Explain how Ahmed could use the multiplier method to find the answer in ONE step.
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