Question

There were 24 boys and 20 girls in a chess club last year. This year the number of boys increased by 25% but the number of girls decreased by 10%. Was there an increase or decrease in overall membership

Answer 1

a decrease

Explanation:

well 25 percent of 24 is 4 and 10 percent of 20 is 2 so we subtract four but add 2 so yeah more decrease than increase so its is an overall decrease