Reverse Percentages

Maths

Percentage increase and decrease

A shop has a sale with 10% discount on all items. If a coat costs £45 in the sale. What was its original price?

Tim is a car salesman.   He bought a car for £5000.   Currently he is holding a sale with 35% off the price of all cars. Tim wants to sell the car so that he makes a 10% profit on the price he paid. How much should Tim advertise the car for?

An item was bought for £40 then sold for £50. The selling price was a percentage increase of 20%.

An item was bought for £40 then sold for £60. Find the percentage change.

An item was bought for £80 then sold for £50. Find the percentage change.

A clothes shop normally sells their goods at 80% above cost price. In a sale, the shop reduces the prices by 25%. What percentage profit does the shop make on clothes sold in the sale?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Reverse Percentages

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.