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The exercises cover various real-world scenarios, including student population growth, social media analytics, passenger transit data, payroll adjustments, amusement park revenue analysis, and retail pricing strategies. By applying mathematical principles to these contexts, students can sharpen their skills in identifying percentage changes and calculating original or adjusted values. 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Last year 77 learners studied accountancy at a college.  \nThis year 33 more learners than last year studied accountancy. By what percentage has the number of learners increased?  \n2. Chris is checking his social media.  \nHe has this data about the number of likes on his posts.  \nIn April he had 2790 likes.  \nIn May he had 3519 likes.  \nCalculate the percentage increase in the number of likes for Chris.  \n3. A train company stated:  \n‘In January we had 358,000 passengers.’  \nThis was 8% less than the number of customers they had in the previous month. How many passengers did they have in the previous month?  \n4. Maki works for a supermarket.  \nHer usual pay is £9.40 per hour. She works 25 hours per week.  \nMaki is getting a pay rise of 15%  \nMaki thinks this will be more than £35 per week for her. Is Maki correct?  \nShow why you think this.  \n5. An amusement park has two hundred and eighty thousand, six hundred and eighty six visitors in June.  \nThis is an increase of five percent from May.  \nEntry tickets cost £55.  \nHow much more money did the amusement park make in June compared to May?  \n6. Sam makes and sells friendship bracelets.  \nLast year they sold 251 bracelets and made £1694.25.  \nThis year they want to increase the price of each bracelet by 12% . How much will each individual bracelet cost to buy?  \nANSWERS  \n1. 42.86% or 43%  \n2. 26.13% or 26% 3. 386,640  \n4. Yes and £270.35 vs £235  \n5. 13,366 x 55 = £735,130  \n6. £7.56","cbCaiqzwyiKLvKQI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqzwyiKLvKQI","pdf",72455,"English","# Percentage Increase and Decrease Exercises\n## Answer Key","[{\"question\":\"How do you calculate a percentage increase when given the new value and the amount of increase?\",\"answer\":\"To calculate the percentage increase, divide the amount of the increase by the original (last year's) value and multiply the result by 100.\"},{\"question\":\"When a value decreases by a certain percentage, how do you find the original amount?\",\"answer\":\"You can find the original amount by dividing the new value by the result of 1 minus the percentage decrease expressed as a decimal (e.g., for an 8% decrease, divide by 0.92).\"},{\"question\":\"How can percentage calculations be applied to real-world pricing?\",\"answer\":\"Percentage calculations are used to determine price adjustments, such as calculating the new cost of a product after a percentage increase or evaluating the impact of a pay rise on weekly earnings.\"}]","Functional Skills Maths Level 2 - Percentage Increase and Decrease - Practice Assessments | PDF",1792464769]