Percentages Notes and examples: past paper questions
Real questions on percentages notes and examples
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- 4024/11 · October/November 2025 · Q3[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · May/June 2024 · Q3a[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · May/June 2024 · Q3b[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · October/November 2023 · Q5b(iii)[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2022 · Q2[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · May/June 2021 · Q17[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/12 · October/November 2020 · Q5[2]
2-mark “Calculate” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.
See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2019 · Q10a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/11 · October/November 2019 · Q10b[1]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/22 · October/November 2019 · Q1b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/22 · October/November 2019 · Q1c[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · May/June 2019 · Q1b(i)[3]
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See it on the paper → - 4024/21 · May/June 2019 · Q1b(ii)[2]
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What examiners said
This part was attempted much more successfully. Those candidates who still showed difficulties with the scales were often able to achieve a mark based on the correct calculation of a percentage within an acceptable range.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 4024/21 Q5(b)(iii) (Cambridge)
Most candidates started with the correct method. Often an answer with the digits 54 was given with the decimal point misplaced. This was seen regularly in responses from candidates who had started by working 45 in cents, × 120 . Others made arithmetic errors when cancelling the fractions or multiplying the decimals. 100 A few left the answer as a fraction, which was not appropriate for this questi...
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 4024/11 Q2 (Cambridge)
Some candidates identified the correct method required for this question. Then, having reached the correct answer of 400 per cent, decided the answer must be incorrect and restarted with a calculation of $160 as a percentage of $200 which led to the common incorrect answer of 80 per cent. Of those candidates who divided by 40 rather than 200, many reached the correct answer. Other common incorrect...
— Examiner report, October/November 2020, 4024/12 Q5 (Cambridge)
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