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In a sale all the prices are reduced by 25%. The sale price of a dress is £30. Work out the normal price of the dress.

The price of a new television set is £480. This price included VAT at 20%. Work out the cost of the television set before VAT was added.

A holiday is advertised at a price of £403. This represents a 35% saving on the brochure price.

Work out the brochure price of the holiday.

In a sale, all normal prices are reduced by 20%. In the sale, the normal price of a tablet computer is reduced by 79 euros. Work out the normal price of the tablet computer.   

A large firm hires 3% more workers which brings its total number of workers to 12772. How many workers did the firm have before the increase?

Tasha invests some money in a bank account. Interest is paid at a rate of 8% per annum. After 1 year there is £291.60 in the account. How much money did Tasha invest.

30% of the people at a concert are female. 1295 of the people at the concert are male. Work out the number of people at the concert who are female.

In a sale, normal prices are reduced by 8%. In the sale, the price of a shirt decreases by £3. Work out the normal price of the shirt.  

After a 26% pay rise, Bob is earning £44,100. What was he earning before the pay rise?

The Harribear population increases by 23% one year to 4182 Harribears. How many bears were there?