Is the value of the new amount greater than or less than the value of the original amount?
≈39 % increase
Practice makes perfect
To determine the percent change p, we can use the following general formula.
p % =Amount of increase or decrease/Original amountFrom the given dollar amounts, we can see that the new amount is greater than the original amount. To find the increase, we have to subtract the original amount from the new one.
234.56- 168.45= 66.11
Knowing how much the amount increased, we can then use the formula to calculate the percent increase.
