PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND

DECREASE

Objectives: To calculate a percentage

of an amount, and to calculate a
percentage increase or decrease
Find the new reduced prices of the following items…

10% 10% 10% 10%

OFF OFF OFF OFF

£135
£108 £99
£315

IPod Touch 16gb Nintendo 3DS Blackberry Curve Apple Ipad

£150 £120 £110 £350

10% 10% 50% 50%

OFF OFF OFF OFF

0
£1350
0 £1170 £1820 0
£34.5

Nissan Qashqai Mini Cooper Holiday Kindle

£15000 £13000 £3640 £69

Extension Task: Find the price of all of these items if they were decreased by

(a) 5%, (b) 20%.

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WHAT I’LL LEARN TODAY

Which gives the greater value:

increasing 300 by 15%, or increasing 200 by 70%?
FINDING THE PERCENTAGE OF AN
AMOUNT

What is 10% of 800?

What is 40% of 800?

What is 50% of 90?

What is 5% of 90?
 What is 37% of 45?
 What is 12% of 107?
PERCENTAGE
INCREASE

 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?
PERCENTAGE DECREASE
 Harry weighs 80kg. After a diet he reduces his
weight by 12%. What is his new weight?
QUESTIONS

1. Increase £50 by 15% 6. Decrease £1,700 by 13%

= £57.50 = £1,479
2. Decrease £50 by 15% 7. Increase £240 by 45%
= £42.50 = £348
8. Decrease 240m by 36%
3. Increase 160m by 25% = 153.6m
= 200m
9. Increase 150g by 12%
4. Decrease 360º by 10% = 168g
= 324º 10. Decrease £300 by 43%
5. Increase 60kg by 5% = £171
= 63kg
11. A football stadium has,400 seats. It is rebuilt
with an increased seating of 45%. How many
seats are there at the new stadium?

= 580 seats
12. A top secret file of size 250 kB is saved on a
computer. After some information is stolen and
deleted from the file, it is decreased in size by
5%. What is the new size of the file?
=.237.5 kB

13. A bottle of olive oil holds 560ml. It is

increased in capacity by 15%. What is the new
capacity of the bottle?
= 644 ml
WHAT I’LL LEARN TODAY

Which gives the greater value:

increasing 300 by 15%, or increasing 200 by 70%?

Increasing 300 by 15% = 345

Increasing 200 by 70% = 340

So, increasing 300 by 15% gives greater

value
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•Decrease 25 by 40%

•Increase 20 by 20%

•Increase 8 by 50%

•Decrease 50 by 80%

•Increase 60 by 5%

•Decrease 60 by 10%
 I can’t calculate percentages
of amounts, or percentage
increase/decrease.

I think I can calculate percentages

of amounts, and percentage
increase/decrease, but need more
practice.

I can calculate percentages

of amounts, and percentage
increase/decrease.