Percent Increase Decrease and Multiplier

Percent increase means starting with 100% and _____________ the given percent.

• subtracting

• adding

• multiplying

• dividing

A 15% increase written as a multiplier is ___________.

• 1.15

• 115%

• .85

• .15

A 15% decrease written as a multiplier is ___________.

• 1.15

• 85%

• .85

• 1.85

A profit of $2000 that increases by 9% each year. What is the multiplier?

• 1.9

• 0.09

• 1.09

• 0.9

A 23% decrease would mean a multiplier of ____________.

• 1.23

• 0.23

• 0.77

• 0.87

A 45% increase would mean a multiplier of ____________.

• 1.45

• 0.55

• 0.45

• 45

A 3.5% increase would mean a multiplier of ____________.

• 0.035

• 1.035

• 96.5

• 35

An initial population of 25,000 increases by 16% each year. What is the population at 3 years?

• 102

• 14,818

• 102,400,000

• 39,022

An initial 10,000 TikTok followers decreased by 5% each month. What is the multiplier?

• 1.05

• .95

• 0.5

• 0.05

An initial 10,000 TikTok followers decreased by 5% each month. How many followers will there be after 6 months? Round to the nearest follower. There are no partial followers.

• 13,401

• 7,351

• 156

• 9,999