Edexcel IGCSE Business Percentages and Percentage Changes

Edexcel IGCSE Business Percentages and Percentage Changes
Edexcel IGCSE Business syllabusBusiness 4BS1Issue 2 (2026)

Practise Edexcel IGCSE Business percentages by calculating revenue growth, pay increases, bonuses, assets and inventory changes.

How this is tested

  • Calculate a new value after a percentage increase, such as revenue, salary, bonus or total pay.
  • Calculate percentage change from business tables by dividing the change by the original value.
  • Round percentage increase or decrease answers to two decimal places when the question asks.

Question 1(a)(vi)

[Maximum number: 1]

Ocean Vibes is a boat tour business located in two tourists resorts in Portugal. During the tours, it collects wildlife research. The idea came from two young scientists, Alfredo and Pedro, who share a passion for the environment, boats and science. Ocean Vibes employs boat tour guides and a sales team in each of the two resorts.

The main goal of Ocean Vibes is to connect tourism with science. It offers dolphin and bird-watching tours to tourists and uses the boat tours to collect research data on the wildlife. Its tour guides are knowledgeable, passionate and respectful of the environment.

Customers can book the boat tours online or in the tourist resorts. They are encouraged to leave reviews on Ocean Vibes' website.
Every month Ocean Vibes provides a boat tour for students and researchers who wish to study the wildlife.

There are many other businesses offering boat tours in Portugal which makes competing in the industry a challenge.

Figure 1 shows the total costs for Ocean Vibes in 2022 and 2023.

Table for Question 1(a)(vi) — Edexcel IGCSE Business Studies

Which one of the following is the percentage change in the total costs between 2022 and 2023?

Select one answer.

A

0.90%

B

9.52%

C

10.53%

D

90.48%