Question

Last year there were 1435 8th graders enrolled in your school. This year there are 1220 what is the percent change in the number of 8th grade students?

Answer 1

Percentage change in the numbers of the students = 14.98%

Explanation:

Last year there were 1435 students enrolled in 8th grade.

This year there are 1220 students so we have to find the percent change in the numbers.

Since change in numbers of the students = (Students in last year - Students this year)

So percentage change in number will be =
`\frac{\text{change in numbers}}{\text{Total students last year}}* 100`

=
`(1435-1220)/(1435)* 100=(215)/(1435)* 100`

= 14.98%

Answer 2

To determine the percent change in the number of 8th grade students, we find the difference between the numbers and divide the calculated difference by the original number of 8th grade students and convert the quotient to percentage by multiplying by 100%
percent change = ((1435 - 1220) / (1220)) x 100%
= 14.98%
Thus, the percent change is approximately equal to 14.98%.