A retailer sells a video recorder for pound 880. The price includes VAT at 21% and a profit of 34%. Calculate the cost price of the recorder. A retailer buys TVs for pound 425. He must then pay VAT at 21%. What price should he charge if he is to make a profit of 25% of the cost price? 154 students attend a maths lecture. If 22 students are absent, calculate the percentage of students absent. A house was value at pound 365 000 in 2003 and pound 332 150 in 2013. (a) Calculate the change in the value between 2005 and 2015 as a percentage of the 2003 valuation. (b) Calculate the amount of stamp duty that would be due if the house had been sold in 2003 when stamp duty was charged at 6 0% on house valued at pound 581 000 or less. (c) If house prices are predicted to rise by 2% each year between 2015 and 2016, calculate the projected value of the house in 2014. 2015 and 2016. The number of first-year science students registered in a college in 2006 is 348 females and 676 males. (a) What proportion of students are (i) male and (ii) female? (b) Calculate the percentage of (i) male students and (ii) female students. (c) If the gender balance had been 40% male and 60% female, calculate the numbers of male and female students.
