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Further Percentages

The document discusses calculating percentages in three main contexts: 1) Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another by writing it as a fraction of the second quantity and multiplying by 100. 2) Calculating percentage increase or decrease by taking the difference between original and new values, dividing by the original, and multiplying by 100. 3) Calculating percentage profit or loss by taking the difference between selling and buying prices, dividing by the original cost, and multiplying by 100. Examples are provided for each type of calculation.

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Further Percentages

The document discusses calculating percentages in three main contexts: 1) Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another by writing it as a fraction of the second quantity and multiplying by 100. 2) Calculating percentage increase or decrease by taking the difference between original and new values, dividing by the original, and multiplying by 100. 3) Calculating percentage profit or loss by taking the difference between selling and buying prices, dividing by the original cost, and multiplying by 100. Examples are provided for each type of calculation.

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PERCENTAGES 2

Expressing one quantity as a percentage of a second quantity

To write one quantity as a percentage of a second quantity:


1. Write the first quantity as a fraction of the second quantity
2. Multiply by 100 to change the fraction into a percentage.

1 Write 42 as a percentage of 75.

42 42
STEP 1: STEP 2:  100  56%
75 75

2 There are 30 students in a class. Six of the students are left-handed.


What percentage of the students are left-handed?
6 6
STEP 1: STEP 2:  100  20%
30 30
Percentage increase and percentage decrease

increase decrease
% increase =  100% % decrease =  100%
original value original value

1 John’s income increases from $20 000 a year to $23 000 a year.
Calculate the percentage increase in his income.
STEP 1: Increase = 23 000 – 20 000 = 3000

increase
STEP 2: % increase =  100%
original value
3000
  100%
20000
= 15%
2 The population of a village decreases from 785 to 634.
Calculate the percentage decrease in the population.

STEP 1: Decrease = 785 – 634 = 151

decrease
STEP 2: % decrease =  100%
original value
151
  100%
785
= 19.2%
Percentage profit and loss

profit loss
% profit =  100% % loss =  100%
original cost original cost

1 A car salesman buys a car for $15 000 and sells it for $17 000.
Calculate the percentage profit.

STEP 1: Profit = 17 000 – 15 000 = 2000

profit
STEP 2: % profit =  100%
original cost
2000
  100%
15000
= 13.3%
2 Cara buys a bike for $250 and then sells it one year later for $180.
Calculate the percentage loss.

STEP 1: Loss = 250 – 180 = 70

loss
STEP 2: % loss =  100%
original cost
70
  100%
250
= 28%

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