Percent of Change (Increase or Decrease)

360 is increased by 25%. The result is then decreased by 50%. What is the final number?

• 225

• 450

• 215

• 335

Yesterday, I ran 5 miles. Today, I ran 3.7 miles. Does this scenario represent a percent increase or percent decrease?

• Percent increase

• Percent decrease

Lita's softball team won 8 games last month and 10 this month. What is the percent change in games the team won?

• 25% increase

• 20% increase

• 20% decrease

• 22% increase

Your class is raising money to have a class trip at the end of the year. You began the year with $1,500. Now, you have $1,650 in the account. What is the percent increase for the money the class has raised?

• 10%

• 9.2%

• 13%

• 18%

Original: $30

New: $110

• 267% increase

• 267% decrease

• 80% increase

• 67% increase

Find the percent of change.

From 20 miles to 11 miles.

• 45% decrease

• 45% increase

• 82% decrease

• 82% increase

The usual price of a TV set was $500. During the Christmas holiday, the price of a TV set marked down to $413. What was the percentage decrease in the price of a TV set?

• 82.6%

• 87%

• 17.4%

• 25%

Mary lost 30 pounds.  Before her diet she weighed 180 pounds.  What is the percent of change?

• 17% Decrease

• 18% Decrease

• 19% Decrease

• 20% Decrease

Which value should go in the circled space?

• Amount of change

• Original amount

• 100

• Percent (x)

A DVD originally cost $24.99. Its current price is $19.99. What is the percent of change rounded to the nearest percent?

• 20%

• 20.008%

• 25%

• 25.01%