GCSE Maths | Reverse Percentages

Non-Calculator – Part 1

1. After a 20% decrease, a jacket costs £64. What was the original price?
2. A bike is sold for £72 after a 10% discount. What was the original price?
3. A tablet’s value dropped by 30% to £84. What was the original value?
4. A sale reduces a phone’s price by 25% to £180. What was the original price?
5. After a 15% reduction, a microwave costs £102. What was its original price?
6. A sofa is sold for £340 after a 15% discount. Find its original price.
7. A printer is sold for £255 after a 15% reduction. What was the original price?
8. After a 20% drop in value, a laptop costs £560. What was its price before?
9. A pair of shoes now costs £68 after a 15% discount. What was the price before?
10. A gaming console is sold for £360 after a 10% reduction. What was the original price?

Non-Calculator – Part 2

1. After a 20% increase, a concert ticket costs £84. What was the original price?
2. A coat was increased by 25% to £75. What was the price before the increase?
3. The price of petrol rose by 10% to £1.65 per litre. What was the original price?
4. After a 50% increase, a trampoline costs £150. What was the original price?
5. A laptop’s price rose by 30% to £520. What was its price before the rise?
6. A phone plan increased by 25% to £62.50. What was the price before?
7. A course fee went up 10% to £220. What was the original cost?
8. A t-shirt’s price increased 12.5% to £45. What was the original price?
9. A subscription went up 20% to £36. What was it originally?
10. A ticket price rose by 40% to £210. What was the starting price?

Calculator – Part 1

1. A jacket is £68.40 after a 12% discount. What was the original price?
2. A fridge is £336.70 after a 15% decrease. What was the full price?
3. A tablet dropped 8.5% in value to £293.38. What was the original value?
4. After a 17% decrease, a coat costs £141.27. What was the price before?
5. A gym membership now costs £445.50 after a 10.5% discount. What was the full price?
6. A washing machine is £742.32 after a 22% discount. What was the original price?
7. A mobile contract was reduced by 6% to £56.40. What was the full price?
8. A computer was reduced by 18.75% to £650. What was the price before?
9. A digital camera cost £297.45 after a 15% discount. What was its original price?
10. A class fee was reduced by 5.5% to £189.38. What was the original fee?

Calculator – Part 2

1. A phone rose by 12.5% to £675. What was the original price?
2. A gym membership increased by 15.6% to £580.62. What was the original price?
3. The cost of heating went up 18% to £885.40. What was it before?
4. A sofa price increased by 20.5% to £1,150. What was its original price?
5. A subscription rose by 7.2% to £128.64. What was it originally?
6. A house deposit increased by 25% to £62,500. What was it before?
7. A holiday package rose by 9.8% to £2,175. What was the price before?
8. A monitor went up by 14% to £319.80. What was the original price?
9. A bag increased in price by 11.6% to £138.52. What was the original price?
10. A car’s value rose by 3.75% to £15,300. What was it originally?