How to Find Percent of Increase and Decrease? (+FREE Worksheet!)

Exercises for Finding Percent of Increase and Decrease

Solve each percent of the change word problem.

1. Bob got a raise, and his hourly wage increased from \($20\) to \($25\). What is the percent increase?
2. The price of a pair of shoes increases from \($18\) to \($27\). What is the percent increase?
3. At a coffee shop, the price of a cup of coffee increased from \($1.50\) to \($1.80\). What is the percent increase in the cost of the coffee?
4. \(4\) cm are cut from a \(20\) cm board. What is the percent decrease in length?
5. In a class, the number of students has been increased from \(25\) to \(29\). What is the percent increase?
6. The price of gasoline rose from \($2.60\) to \($2.86\) in one month. By what percent did the gas price rise?

Answers

1. \(\color{blue}{25\%}\)
2. \(\color{blue}{50\%}\)
3. \(\color{blue}{20\%}\)
4. \(\color{blue}{20\%}\)
5. \(\color{blue}{16\%}\)
6. \(\color{blue}{10\%}\)

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