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A jacket is in a sale with 20% off and now costs £220. What was the original cost?

• £275

• £176

• £264

• £183.33

A train ticket was reduced in price by 15% to £102. What was the original cost of the ticket?

• £86.70

• £120

• £117.30

• £88.70

Cinema tickets are in a deal for 25% off. There new price is £12.75. What did they cost originally?

• £9.56

• £15.94

• £17

• £10.20

The cost of a flight to Spain is reduced by 12% and is now £242. How much did the flight cost originally?

• £212.96

• £271.04

• £216.07

• £275

A television is in the sale. The new cost of the TV is £507 after it is reduced by 40%. What was the original cost of the TV?

• £202.80

• £845

• £304.20

• £709.80

The cost of a family ticket to Alton Towers is reduced by 35% to £123.50. What was the original cost?

• £80.28

• £166.73

• £190

• £91.48

Josh answered 80% of the questions in a test correctly.

He answered 48 of the questions correctly.

Work out the total number of questions in the test.

The price of all rail season tickets to London recently increased by 4%.

The price of a rail season ticket from Birmingham to London increased by £121.60.

Work out the price before this increase.