Question

Percent Increase

Example 1: Ann works in a supermarket for $10.00 per hour. If her pay is increased to $12.00, then what is her percent increase in pay?


Analysis: When finding the percent increase, we take the absolute value of the difference and divide it by the original value. The resulting decimal is then converted to a percent.

Answer 1

20% increase

Explanation:

Percent increase = (difference) / original *100 percent

= (12-10)/10 * 100percent

= 2/10 *100 percent

= 1/5 * 100 percent

=.2 * 100 percent

= 20%