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Calculate percentages and percentage changes in business contexts.

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Quantitative skills in business

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Calculation requirements

Aqa Gcse BusinessAssessment and quantitative skills

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Calculate percentages and percentage changes in business contexts

  • This point belongs to Quantitative skills in business, especially Calculation requirements.
  • You need to be able to calculate percentages and percentage changes in business contexts.
  • The key ideas to know are percentage change and percentages.
  • Use the linked flashcards and practice questions to check recall, then practise applying the idea in an exam-style answer.

Key concepts

percentage changepercentages

Why it matters

This objective helps connect Calculation requirements to exam-style questions, flashcards, and revision notes for Quantitative skills in business.

Quick student answer

A small manufacturer produced 500 units of product A in January and 650 units in February. Calculate the percentage increase in production.

Direct answer

30%

How it works

Increase = 650 – 500 = 150 units. Percentage increase = (150 ÷ 500) × 100 = 30%.

Key terms

  • percentage change: The change between two values expressed as a percentage of the original value, indicating the relative rise or fall.

Common trap

Misinterpreting the sign of a percentage change: A negative percentage indicates a decrease relative to the original value, not necessarily a loss in absolute terms.

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