A reverse percentage question is one where we are given the value after a percentage increase or decrease and asked to find the value before the change
How to do reverse percentage questions
You should do these in exactly the same way as percentage increase & decrease questions!
Identify “before” & “after” quantities
FIND percentage we want:
Increase – ADD percentage to 100
Decrease – SUBTRACT from 100
Write down a STATEMENT connecting “before” and “after”:
“after is a percentage of before”
Write down the statement as an EQUATION using decimal equivalent