PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND DECREASE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND DECREASE

1) Find the percentage increase if:
(a) 160 is increased to 180 (b) 2.3 is increased to 2.6
(c) 8 is increased to 8.60
(d) 120 is increased to 312
2) Find the percentage decrease if:
(a) 200 is decreased to 180 (b) 2.6 is decreased to 2.3
(c) 8 is decreased to 7.40 (d) 312 is decreased to 120
Think about the similarities and differences between the answers to Q3 and Q4.
3) The cost price to a shop of its electric toasters is 14.50. It sells them at
20.99. Find the percentage profit which the shop makes.
4) On a hot day a metal girder 8.2 metres long expands by 6cm. Find the
percentage expansion in the girder.
5) A company had 23500 employees. After a year the workforce is 20700. What
is the actual percentage reduction in the workforce?

1) Find the percentage increase if:

(a) 160 is increased to 180 (b) 2.3 is increased to 2.6
(c) 8 is increased to 8.60
(d) 120 is increased to 312
2) Find the percentage decrease if:
(a) 200 is decreased to 180 (b) 2.6 is decreased to 2.3
(c) 8 is decreased to 7.40 (d) 312 is decreased to 120
Think about the similarities and differences between the answers to Q3 and Q4.
3) The cost price to a shop of its electric toasters is 14.50. It sells them at
20.99. Find the percentage profit which the shop makes.
4) On a hot day a metal girder 8.2 metres long expands by 6cm. Find the
percentage expansion in the girder.
5) A company had 23500 employees. After a year the workforce is 20700. What
is the actual percentage reduction in the workforce?

PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND DECREASE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND DECREASE
1) Find the percentage increase if:
(a) 160 is increased to 180 (b) 2.3 is increased to 2.6
(c) 8 is increased to 8.60
(d) 120 is increased to 312
2) Find the percentage decrease if:
(a) 200 is decreased to 180 (b) 2.6 is decreased to 2.3
(c) 8 is decreased to 7.40 (d) 312 is decreased to 120
Think about the similarities and differences between the answers to Q3 and Q4.
3) The cost price to a shop of its electric toasters is 14.50. It sells them at
20.99. Find the percentage profit which the shop makes.
4) On a hot day a metal girder 8.2 metres long expands by 6cm. Find the
percentage expansion in the girder.
5) A company had 23500 employees. After a year the workforce is 20700. What
is the actual percentage reduction in the workforce?

1) Find the percentage increase if:

(a) 160 is increased to 180 (b) 2.3 is increased to 2.6
(c) 8 is increased to 8.60
(d) 120 is increased to 312
2) Find the percentage decrease if:
(a) 200 is decreased to 180 (b) 2.6 is decreased to 2.3
(c) 8 is decreased to 7.40 (d) 312 is decreased to 120
Think about the similarities and differences between the answers to Q3 and Q4.
3) The cost price to a shop of its electric toasters is 14.50. It sells them at
20.99. Find the percentage profit which the shop makes.
4) On a hot day a metal girder 8.2 metres long expands by 6cm. Find the
percentage expansion in the girder.
5) A company had 23500 employees. After a year the workforce is 20700. What

is the actual percentage reduction in the workforce?