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How to calculate percentage change 2007-08-03
From Galland:
I am working on graphs and I need to find the percentage of increase from one figure to another. How do I do that? For instance staff hours for 2006 were 28011 and for 2007 were 31230. How do I find the percentage of increase?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Percentage reduction 2016-01-30
From Kuuku:
The daily production targets in 2000 was 60,000 units this declined to 48,000 units in 2001 but was projected that further 300units reduction would be experienced in 2002. Calculate the percentage reduction by 2002.
Answered by Penny Nom.
A price increase and a consumption decrease 2014-08-16
From sujan:
If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Rajesh intends to spend only 15% more on petrol then by how much % should he reduce the quantity of petrol he buys?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage change 2014-05-09
From hi:
the hw club had 46 members in sept. in april, the club had 24 members. what was the percent of change in the hw club's membership from sept. to apan increase or decrease in membership? ril? what is
Answered by Penny Nom.
Increasing and decreasing sales 2013-03-06
From Meghan:
Pace Design's sales increased by 30% in the first year, increased by 60% in the second year, decreased by 60% in the third year and increased by 90% in the fourth year. What was the cumulative change in sales over the 4 years?
Answered by Penny Nom.
An increase/decrease in profit 2012-03-13
From Thanikasalam:
It is understood that increase/decrease in profit for current year compared to the previous year is done by the formula (x-y)/y, with x=profit on current year and y=profit on previous year. How do we derive this formula?

If we work on this formula of calculating increase/decrease in profit, we get x/y-1

* = (x-y)/y
= x/y - y/y
= x/y - 1

How do you justify the 1 in the equation above. How to derive the formula and how do i prove it?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Price increases and decreases 2009-09-02
From craig:
I work for an industry that bases it price increases and decreases on commodity pricing - Customer get confused on how/why we calculated new prices due to movement in the market - Price go up x% for every $10 of movement in the market -

For this example-
Movement went down by $30 and it is 2% for every $10 - so price decrease was 6%.
Customer's price is currently $100.
We say - $100/1.06= new price of $94.3
Customer says - $100*.94= new price of $94.

They don't understand that if board went back up $30 which would be 6% increase, they wouldn't be back at $100 if they multiplied on the price decrease.
$94*1.06=$99.64 vs. $94.3*1.06=$100 (Back to the original price)

What is the best way to explain to customer besides using this example?

Any help or info is appreciated.

Craig

Answered by Victoria West.
Percentage decrease 2009-08-04
From Bill:
How to calculate the Percentage Increase or Decrease of a $ value.
Example -
Site Spend for 01-01-2008 thru 07-31-08 was $ 3,465,660
Site Spend, 2009 YTD as of 07-31-09, was $ 1,673,405
Site Spend down what % between these two amounts ?

Answered by Penny Nom.
A property that decreases in value every year by 10 percent 2009-03-07
From PEter:
there is a competition problem where a cottage is worth 25000 years, but it decreases in value every year by 10 percent. Without a calculator, is there a way to find after how many years, the cottage will be worth 2500? (besides multiplying it out and besides logs)
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Percentage increase 2009-01-19
From Destiny:
In 1990 there were 25 springs in the park. This year there are 35 springs in the park. What is the percent increase?
Answered by Penny.
Percentage change 2007-08-13
From Karen:
I need a formula for calculating percentages in Excel. For example, we = sold 4 units of an item one month, and 105 units the next. I need a = formula to calculate the percentage increase in sales units. Also, if = 5251 were sold one month and 651 the next, what is the formula for = calculating the percentage difference? Please help, thank you.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage increase and decrease 2007-06-13
From Anna:
I just want to if the following formula is used for the computation of a PERCENTAGE DECREASE:

Old Value - New Value/ Old Value x 100%

My immediate superior is under the impression that the said formula works ONLY for the computation of a percentage INCREASE. He believes that the formula for a percentage DECREASE:

Old Value - New Value/ NEW Value x 100%

On this score, I want to know the correct formula for the computation of percentage decrease. Thank you so much.


Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage change 2007-05-01
From katie:
i no many people have asked about this but im still unsure what is percentage change i have my ks3 tomoro so please reply asap thankz
Answered by Penny Nom.
Plotting percentage change 2006-10-11
From Beckie:
I have worked out a set of percentage differences which are all percentage decrease. Should i express them as a negative percentage as -20%? I also need to plot them on a graph and am not sure whether to just use the percentage difference as it is, in which case i get a positive gradient, or include a negative axis and plot them in this way, in which case i would get a negative gradient. I think the slope of the curve will be the same either way so it might not matter!
Answered by Penny.
Percent change 2005-12-17
From Marie:
What is the percentage change when 1500 becomes 2000?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage increase 2005-09-19
From Dory:
Last year sales was 120,000 $ and this year sales is 280,000 $, there was an increase in sales. what I would like to know is the percentage increase between the years with the formula.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Is this percentage change or percentage increase? 2005-08-15
From Betty:
When calculating a percentage, if the formula is A(new) - B(old)/A(new) Is this percentage change or percentage increase?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percent change 2005-07-01
From Betty:
Can you tell me the difference between Percentage Change, Percentage Increase, Percentage Difference and please give an example of each, I am very visual.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Knitting gauge and felting 2003-10-27
From Sara:

I wish to create a pattern to knit an item that will then be felted, thus, shrink as a result. In order to determine the proper gauge to use in creating the item, I produced a gauge swatch, noted the original properties and then the post-felting properties. They are as follow:

Before Felting:

20 stitches(width) x 20 rows(height)yielded:
Gauge: 3.2 stitches(width) and 4 rows(height) = 1"
Dimensions: 6.25"(width) x 5.25"(height)

After Felting:

20 stitches(width) x 20 rows(height)
Dimensions: 4"(width) x 3"(height)

How do I calculate the percentage change in size to accurately determine the number of stitches and rows needed to produce the desired dimensions for the finished (felted) item?


Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage decrease in sales 2003-07-31
From Linda:
If I had sales in January of 2002 that were $42,493.73 and sales that were $37,281.59.Ý The difference is $5374.50.Ý What is the percentage of decrease in sales?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage decrease 2003-02-20
From Hope:
What number decreased by 331/3% is 30?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage 2002-07-20
From Sally:
If 20% of 100 is 80, then why is the percentage difference between 80 and 100 25%.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage difference 2002-03-08
From Tedd:
Can you give me the formulas for calculating percentage differences between two numbers? For example: if the first number is 10 and the second number is 15, then the second number is 50% larger than the first number. However, the formula to calculate that percentage won't work if the first number is greater than the second number as in the following example: The first number is 15 and the second number is 10, with the second number being 33.3% less than the first number. Or maybe I'm mistaken and the same formula will work in both situations.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentages 1999-03-16
From Beth Barton:
If I have two figures and want to know the difference between them, in Percentage, how do I proceed with a calculation?

Example: 67,800 - 56,000 = 11,800
What percentage does this difference represent?
Answered by Jack LeSage.

 
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