4MA0 Higher January 2017 Paper 3R Q8

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8 A lion is 224 cm long.
Simon makes a scale model of the lion.
He uses a scale of 1 : 8

(a) Work out the length of the scale model. (2)

In 2010, there were 411 Asiatic lions in India.
In 2015, there were 523 Asiatic lions in India.

(b) Work out the percentage increase in the number of Asiatic lions in India from 2010 to 2015
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. (3)