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What is the percentage taken OF?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    A discount percentage
    Category
    Of the marked price
  2. Item
    The reduction on a labelled item
    Category
    Of the marked price
  3. Item
    A sales tax percentage
    Category
    Of the selling price
  4. Item
    The tax added to a bill
    Category
    Of the selling price
Categories
  1. Item
    Of the marked price
  2. Item
    Of the selling price

Explanation

A percentage is meaningless without its base, and choosing the wrong base is the most common error in the topic. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 7 Comparing Quantities.
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