Percent of Increase and Decrease

Post the names of movies that have sequels around the room and ask questions, which the students will answer by going to stand by the name of the movie that fits best. Then work with your class to analyze revenue from each film and...

In this percent of increase or decrease learning exercise, students find the percent of change and identify it as an increase or decrease. This one page learning exercise contains ten multi-step problems.

Take young mathematicians' understanding of percents into the real world with this series of word problems. Involving a variety of contexts from calculating scores on math tests and savings account interest, to determining sale prices...

In this change in percent worksheet, students find the percentage of increase and decrease of a number. There are four problems to solve.

In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve application problems involving percents, percent error, and percent of increase or decrease.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of fourteen multiple choice and free...

The main confusion with percent change is with setting up the problem. Show your learners how to use proportions to solve for the percent change and how to organize the information correctly. The lesson uses the scale factor method to...

Learners who view this video will gain a stronger understanding of percent of change. The tutorial provides a formula and a sample problem. As the tutor completes the example, she explains and clarifies each step that she takes to find...

It's time for a markdown—or a markup! Pupils imagine that they are in charge of generating a price sheet for a retail store. Working in groups, they determine the percent increase or decrease of the prices. 

In this percent of increase worksheet, students solve 5 multiple choice problems. Students determine the percent of increase or decrease given an item's cost and its' sale price. Students find the sales tax of an item.

In this percent of change worksheet, students determine the percent of increase or percent of decrease in real-world problems.  This one-page worksheet contains 5 multiple-choice problems.