Percentage increases and

decreases
Vidushi Asheka
 Introduction

The degree to which a

value increases expressed
in percent form is known as
percentage increase.
Alternatively, percentage
decrease is the percentage
degree to which the
measure of an item
decreases.

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 What is percentage increase?
• Percent increase means to increase (make
bigger) a value by a certain amount. To do this,
you can either calculate the given percentage of
the value and then add it on to the original value
or use a percent as a decimal.

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 What is percentage decrease?
• Percent decrease means subtracting a given
percentage of a value from the original value. To do
this, you can either calculate the given percent of the
value and then subtract it from the original or use a
percent as a decimal.

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How to calculate the
percentage.
How do you calculate the percentage
decrease?
1. Original value - new value = difference
2. Difference / original value = decimal
change rate
3. Decimal change rate x 100 =
percentage decrease

How do you calculate percentage

increase?
First, find the difference between the
new value and the original value. Then
divide the difference by the original
value. Finally, convert the resulting
decimal into percentage form.

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Thank you
Vidushi Asheka