Higher June 2019 Paper 1 Q8
8. Jon bought a car.
The price of Jon’s car had been reduced by 20%.
Jon paid £7680 for his car.
What was the price of the car before the reduction? [3]
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Use of 80% (of original price) is 7680 | S1 | |
| Finds an appropriate percentage of the original price e.g.10% (of original price) is \(\dfrac{7680}{8}\) or 1% (or original price) is \(\dfrac{7680}{80}\) or attempts to find \(\dfrac{7680}{0.8}\) oe | M1 | An appropriate percentage is any factor of 100 Need not evaluate calculation but the calculation stated must be the correct one for the % claimed; may be in stages |
| 9600 | A1 | CAO; implies S1 M1 |
| (3) |