A price of 320 is decreased by 25\%. What is the new price?

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TMUA-P1-MNUM-026 — Paper P1 · Number · Level 2

P1M-NumLevel 2~150s target

Spec: M-Num · No calculator · ~150s

A price of

\pounds 320

is decreased by

25\%

. What is the new price?

Options

$\pounds 240$
$\pounds 295$
$\pounds 245$
$\pounds 80$
$\pounds 400$

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25\%

decrease is the multiplier

0.75

320 \times 0.75 = 240

, so the price is

\pounds 240

.
Trap:

\pounds 295

subtracts

\pounds 25

instead of

25\%

of the price.

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