https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=6Pbzq322RzU
Percentage increase and decrease
Percentage increase and decrease (Example 1)
Percentage increase and decrease (Example 2)
 Task 1:
• Summarising video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV-9TYQuzRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXyDpRa2I0

• Q.1 The price of an item in a shop is $12. The price is

reduced by 14%. What is the new price after this
reduction? (Ans-10.32)

• Q.2. A packet of crisps normally weighs 125g. The

packet is increased in weight by 20%. What is the new
weight of the packet of crisps? (Ans-150)
 Percentage Change

Percentage Change = x 100

If your Actual change value is positive means there has been

a percentage increase.
If your Actual change value is negative means there has been
percentage decrease.
Or
Percentage Change = x 100
 Percentage Change
Percentage Change = x 100

Claire does a paper round and gets paid £4.75 an hour. Next
year she will get a pay rise and receive £4.88 an hour. What is
her pay increase as a percentage?

Percentage Change =

= 2.74% (2dp)

Claire will get a 2.74% pay rise. (percentage appreciation)

 Percentage Change
Percentage Change = x 100

• The population of a village was 11834 in 2010 and was

11297 in 2011. Calculate the percentage change in the
population between 2010 and 2011.

Percentage Change =

= - 4.54% (2dp)

The population fell by 4.54% in 2011. (‘-’ sign indicates

percentage decrease) (Percentage depreciation)
 Percentage Change
In each of the following
1) Calculate the situations, calculate the
percentage change for percentage change:
2) Monthly train tickets are
the following: going to increase from £379
to £425.
3) A newspaper sold 37566
Old Amount New Amount copies in April and 35369 in
May.
63 97 4) A shop made £1189 one
38 45 week and £1299 the next
week.
88 39 5) A politician received 156,846
votes in 2005 and 147360
94 107 votes in the 2010 election.
82 79
 Percentage Change
In each of the following
1) Calculate the situations, calculate the
percentage change for percentage change:
2) Monthly train tickets are
the following: going to increase from £379
to £425. 12.14% increase
3) A newspaper sold 37566
Old New % copies in April and 35369 in
Amount Amount Change
May. 5.85% decrease
4) A shop made £1189 one
63 97 +53.97% week and £1299 the next
38 45 +18.42%
week. 9.25% increase
5) A politician received 156,846
88 39 -55.68% votes in 2005 and 147360
votes in the 2010 election.
94 107 +13.83%
6.05% decrease
82 79 -3.66%