Practice - Percentage Increase and Decrease
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Practice Questions
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What is the percentage increase if an item costs $50 and is now $75?
💡 Hint: Use the formula: ((New Value - Original Value) / Original Value) * 100.
If a book originally priced at $10 is now $5, what is the percentage decrease?
💡 Hint: Remember the formula for percentage decrease.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the formula for percentage increase?
💡 Hint: Think about the values that you're comparing.
Is a decrease from $150 to $120 a percentage decrease?
💡 Hint: Check the values to see if they went down.
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Challenge Problems
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If the price of a gaming console increases from $300 to $360 and then decreases to $310, what are the percentage increase and decrease respectively?
💡 Hint: Calculate each part separately applying the correct formulas.
A population of a town initially has 2,000 residents. If the population rises to 2,600, then decreases to 2,400, find the percentage increase followed by the percentage decrease.
💡 Hint: Apply the formulas for both conditions while being careful with the original values.
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