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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

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR GCSE Maths Reverse Percentages for Foundation and Higher tier. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in the written papers format. Build fluency with number, ratio and algebra first, since geometry, probability and statistics topics rely on them, and leave extra time nearer the exam for Higher-tier problem-solving and multi-step reasoning questions.

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