Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics
1.13Percentages
Percentages in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 1.13.1Find a percentage of a quantity and write one quantity as a percentage of another.
- 1.13.2Calculate percentage increases and decreases in contexts such as profit and loss, discounts, deposits and earnings, including percentages over 100%.
- 1.13.3Calculate simple interest and compound interest without being given a formula.
- 1.13.4Extended: use reverse percentages to find an original amount, and work with repeated percentage changes.
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Percentages
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Profit, loss, discount, commission and hire purchase
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Simple and compound interest
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