Answer all 15 questions. Show your working clearly. A calculator may be used.

1. Calculate 38% of 650.

2. Increase 420 by 22%.

3. Decrease 980 by 35%.

4. A bicycle costs £240 and is sold for £180. Calculate the percentage decrease in price.

5. Express 66 as a percentage of 88.

6. After a 30% reduction, a dress costs £63. What was the original price?

7. A price is shown as £216 including VAT at 20%. What is the price before VAT?

8. A shop buys 50 items at £8 each and sells all of them for £580 in total. Calculate the percentage profit.

9. A flat is worth £180,000. Its value increases by 4.5% per year for 2 years. What is its value after 2 years? Give your answer to the nearest pound.

10. Jake invests £3,200 at 3% compound interest per year for 4 years. How much does he have at the end? Give your answer to the nearest penny.

11. After a 15% pay rise, a worker earns £2,530 per month. What was the salary before the pay rise?

12. A population grows from 45,000 to 52,200. Calculate the percentage increase.

13. A car depreciates by 25% in its first year and by 15% in its second year. If the car cost £20,000 new, what is it worth after two years?

14. A builder adds 20% VAT to a quote. The customer pays £6,600 in total. What was the original quote before VAT?

15. Lucy invests £5,000 at 2% compound interest. After how many complete years will her investment first exceed £5,500? Show your working clearly.

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