Examining Percent Increase And Decrease Math Worksheet

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Examining Percent Increase and Decrease

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Solve each problem.

A n s w e r s

1) In February Roger spent 44 hours watching Netflix. In March he only spent 25.52 hours

watching. What was the percent decrease in the amount of time he spent watching?

2) At a restaurant the bill came to $54.00. If you leave $61.56, what percent tip is that?

3) A library normally collected $56.00 in fees a month. But in March they collected $84.00.

What is the percent increase in the number of fees collected in March?

4) A pole was supposed to be 14 meters long, but it was accidentally made 21 meters long.

The pole is _____ percent longer than it needs to be.

5) The price for internet on a phone was $10.00 a month, but starting in November the price

10.

will be $13.20 a month. This is a _____% increase.

6) Last year a fishing license cost $59.00. This year the license will cost $44.84. This is a

____ percent decrease.

7) A store sold 13.00 dollars worth of gift cards in October. The next month the goal was to

sell $17.16 worth of gift cards. This is an increase of _____ percent.

8) Isabel's family decided to get rid of their cable TV. Originally they were paying $143.00

for the TV, internet and phone, but now they're paying $125.84. What was the percent the

bill decreased by?

9) A store normally averaged 102 customers a day. But on the weekends they averaged 75.48

customers a day. What is the percent decrease in the number of customers?

10) Normally a game costs $33.00. But the new special edition version is going to be $39.60.

This is an increase of _____ percent.

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