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Edexcel IGCSE Math A Higher 1.6 Ha Repeated Percentage Change Questions

Practise chaining percentage multipliers to find final values, reverse changes, overall percentage change or a missing rate.

Syllabus
First assessment 2018
Course
Math A 4MA1
Level
Higher

Exam points

  • multiply successive increase or decrease factors rather than adding percentage changes
  • compare the combined multiplier with 1 to state the overall percentage change
  • solve backwards from a final value or isolate an unknown percentage multiplier

Edexcel IGCSE Math A Higher 1.6 Ha Repeated Percentage Change Questions question 1

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Asha bought an apartment.
The table gives information about the value of apartments, in euros, and the annual service charge band.

Table for Question Edexcel IGCSE Math A Higher 1.6 Ha Repeated Percentage Change Questions question 1 — Edexcel IGCSE Math A Higher

In 2021, the value of Asha's apartment was 634400 euros.
The value of Asha's apartment had increased by 4% from its value in 2020

Pam bought a boat.
In each year after Pam bought the boat, the value of the boat depreciated by 15%15\%.

Work out the total percentage by which the value of the boat had depreciated by the end of the second year after Pam bought the boat.

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