Question

Last week you collected 20 pounds of cans for recycling this week you collect 25 pounds of cans for recycling what is the percent of increase

Answer 1

If you would like to calculate the percent of increase, you can do this using the following steps:

x% of 20 pounds is 25 pounds
x% * 20 = 25
x/100 * 20 = 25
x = 25 * 100 / 20
x = 125%

125% - 100% = 25% increase

The correct result would be 25% increase.