1.There were 500 students in a tutorial centre last year. It is given than the number of students increases by 35% this year.
(a) Find the number of students of this year
(b)The tutorial centre expects that the number of students next year will increase by 20% compared with this year's. Find the number of students next year.
2.A shoe shop has two branches, A and B. The sales of branch A and B last year were $423 000 and $517 000 respectively. The sales of branch A this year has increased by 5% but that of branch B has decreased by 1% from last year's.
(a)Find the total sales of the shoe shop this year
(b)By what percentage has this year's total sales increased from last year's?
3.The total rainfall of a city this year is 10% more than last year, while the total rainfall last year was 4% more than two years ago. It is know than the total rainfall of the city this year is 2 917.2 mm.
(a)Find the total rainfall of the city two years ago.
(b)Find the percentage change in the total rainfall of the city in these three years.
4.The population of a city has increased by 10% each year in the past 5 years. It is given that the current population of the city is 805 255.
(a)Find the population of the city 2 years ago
(b)Find the population of the city 5 years ago
5.The depreciation rate of a mobile phone is 6% every 2 months. If the current value of the mobile phone is $2 850
(a)find the value of the mobile phone after 8 months. (Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar)
(b)find the percentage change in the value of the mobile phone in 8 months (Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places)
(c)after how many months will the value of the mobile phone drop below $2 000?
6.It is know that x=80. If x decreases by 20 and then decreases by 15%, what is the overall percentage change in x?