Reverse Percentages
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Reverse percentages and multipliers

Reverse percentages and multipliers

Flow diagram showing a 5% increase from £200 to £210 using ×1.05 and reverse ÷1.05, and a 20% decrease from £35 to £28 using ×0.80 and reverse ÷0.80

Reverse percentages ask you to find the amount before a percentage change. First identify the original amount, the final amount, and whether the change was an increase or a decrease.

Reverse Percentages Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Maths
  3. /Reverse Percentages