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Percentage points

Percentage points

Secondary 1

In Term 1, 40 out of 100 students in a year group took the bus to school. In Term 2, 70 out of 200 students did so. Find the change in the share taking the bus in percentage points, and say whether the number taking the bus went in the same direction.

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Answer:Decrease of 5 percentage points The number rose, so the directions were opposite.

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