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Exam-Style Questions on Ratio and Percentage ChangeProblems on Ratio and Percentage Change adapted from questions set in previous Mathematics exams. |
1. | GCSE Higher |
(a) Audrey, Seymore and Mr Mushnic share potted plants in the ratio Audrey : Seymore : Mr Mushnic = 3 : 4 : 7. Seymore receives 12 plants. Calculate the total number of plants shared.
(b) In a sale, a plant shop reduces all prices by 15%.
(i) Crystal buys a cactus which has an original price of £8.60. Calculate how much Crystal pays for the cactus.
(ii) Ronette pays £39 for a hanging basket. Calculate the original price of the hanging basket.
(c) Orin invests some money. The rate of interest for the first year is 3.5%. At the end of the second year the overall percentage increase of Orin’s investment is 6.6%. Find the rate of interest for the second year to the nearest whole number.
(d) A radioactive substance decays at an exponential rate of 4% per day. The initial mass is 360g.
(i) Find the mass at the end of 9 days.
(ii) Find how many more whole days, after day 9, it takes for the mass to reduce to less than 200g.
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