Percentages 5E

Question 1

Find the percentage increase or decrease for $120 to $150.

Answer 1

25% increase

Question 2

Find the percentage change if 95 kg drops to 76 kg.

Answer 2

20% decrease

Question 3

Find the percentage increase if a tomato’s weight increases from 14 g to 19 g. Round to one decimal place.

Answer 3

3.6%

Question 4

Find the increase of $330 by 11%.

Answer 4

$366.30

Question 5

A student increases in height from 156 cm to 184 cm. Find the increase in the student’s height as a percentage. Give your answer to one decimal place.

Answer 5

17.9%

Question 6

A customer has 50 shreds of lettuce on his Big Mac. If the amount of lettuce is increased to 73 shreds, what is the percentage change in lettuce on Big Mac?

Answer 6

46% increase

Question 7

Alan weighed 86kg and dropped down to 81kg, what is the percentage increase or decrease of his weight? Round to nearest whole number.

Answer 7

6% decrease

Question 8

Potato fries used to come in 400 g boxes. Recently, the amount of potato fries in a box were reduced to 370 g. Find the percentage change in the weight of of potato fries in a box.

Answer 8

7.5% decrease