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The Base Value

The document provides examples of calculating original values from percentage changes or portions of a total. 1) It shows how to calculate an original price given a discount percentage and discount amount. 2) It demonstrates calculating an original rent amount from a rent increase percentage and increase amount. 3) It explains how to determine the original amount of an item before an advertised percentage increase using the new amount. The document provides guidance on setting up equations to solve for original values based on percentage changes or portions of a total amount.

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The Base Value

The document provides examples of calculating original values from percentage changes or portions of a total. 1) It shows how to calculate an original price given a discount percentage and discount amount. 2) It demonstrates calculating an original rent amount from a rent increase percentage and increase amount. 3) It explains how to determine the original amount of an item before an advertised percentage increase using the new amount. The document provides guidance on setting up equations to solve for original values based on percentage changes or portions of a total amount.

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What is the price?

a) If 12% discount is 78€

b) If 1,25 % price increase is 2750 €

c) If 225% price increase is 85€


Complete the table by calculating

change as
change
original value change as percentage decimal changed value (€)
coefficient
number
+50% 90
-25% 144
+370% 2115
-6,7% 186.6
𝑣𝑎 𝑙𝑢𝑒
𝑒 𝑛 𝑡= 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑
𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖
ℎ𝑎 𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑜 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞.
𝒏 𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒂 𝒍𝒖𝒆 ∙𝑐
𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯
𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊 𝐧 𝐟 𝐨𝐫 𝐭
𝐭𝐡 𝐞 𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨
S𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞

original value is the base value.


The washing machine was sold at a 12% discount. How much did the buyer pay for
the washing machine if the discount was 54€?
54.
2% i s
First calculate the base value. at price 1
Fro m wh
Then calculate the reduced price.
is 54.
e 12%
t pric
The rent was increased by 8%. What is the new rent after the rent increase of 27,20€?

First calculate original rent (the base value)


Then calculate new rent.
The potato chip bag has the text "Now 20% more!".
How many potato chips were in the bag before, if now there are 180g.
Matias, Niklas and Saija shared the jackpot as follows: Matias got 45%, Niklas 20% and Saija the remaining 15,45€.
How much did Matias and Niklas get in euro?

percentages euros
Matias
Niklas
Saija

the base value


emaining 15,45€.
40% of the company's investment was financed by equity. The remainder was financed by a
loan.
How much equity was invested in the investment when a loan of €180 000 was taken out.

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