What number is 200% greater than 300% of 2?
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Quick one if you keep the language straight: "200% greater than" is the trap here, not the arithmetic.
Yep, that phrase cost me a solid 30 seconds. Once I slowed down it was fine.
Got 18 but only after re-reading twice. Is "200% greater" always original + 2x original?
Yes — x% greater means original plus x% of it. "x% of" is the one that's just the multiplication.
Middle of the road difficulty. The percentages themselves are easy; the wording is what makes it a 600-level question.
300% of 2 is straightforward, but I almost picked 12 because I forgot to add the base back in. Classic mistake.
What it tests
Your ability to compute percentage change, percentage of a whole, and to work backwards from a final value.
Common trap
Treating successive percentage changes as additive — a 10% rise then a 10% fall is not back to the start.