Percent of Change

Percent Decimal
Amount Original
Change of Amount

Formula:
To change a decimal to a percent
move the decimal two places to
the right and add a percent
symbol.
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Example #1
If a stock was $15 yesterday, and
today it closed at $13. What is the
percent of decrease?
What is the amount of change?
2 13 15
15
2
133 . 0
% 3 . 13
Amount of Change
Original Amount
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Example #2
To use a payphone in the 1950s it cost
$0.10. Today it costs $0.35. What is the
percent of increase?
25 . 0 $ 10 . 0 $ 35 . 0 $
10 . 0
25 . 0
5 . 2 0
% 250
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Example #3
x 1667 . 0 10 . 0
The price of a widget has gone up by
16%, or 10. What is the old price?
1667 . 0
10 . 0

x
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Amount of change = 0.10
Percent of change as a decimal = 0.1667
x 60 . 0 $
If Matt bought a motorcycle for
$3000, how much would the tax
be? What would his total cost be?
Sales tax is 6.5% or 0.065
065 . 0 3000
195 $
Tax = $195
Total Cost = $3000 + $195 = $3195
Percent of Change
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