Percent of Change

Multiple Choice

Last year, 2,376 people attended a summer music festival. This year, attendance was 2,950. What was the percent of change in attendance to the nearest whole percent?

• Increase of 24%

• Increase of 19%

• Decrease of 24%

• Decrease of 19%

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Rashleger has 35 students in her science class. If her class increases to 42 students next year, what will be the percent of change?

• An increase of 20%

• An increase of 75%

• An increase of 93%

• An increase of 17%

Multiple Choice

Star Wars: Rogue One on bluray is $21 and it will be on sale for $14. What is the percent of change? (round to the nearest whole percent)

• A decrease of 15%

• A decrease of 33%

• A decrease of 10%

• A decrease of 32%

Multiple Choice

Brent lost 40 pounds. Before his diet he weighed 240 pounds. What is the percent of change?

• 17% Decrease

• 16.7% Decrease

• 16.6% Decrease

• 20% Decrease

Multiple Choice

Last week, you finished a race in the Forza Horizon video game in 88 seconds. Today, you finished the same race in 77 seconds. What is your percent of change?

• Increase of 12.5%

• Decrease of 12.5%

• Increase of 14.3%

• Decrease of 14.3%

Multiple Choice

Normal capacity for a Minnesota Vikings game at US Bank Stadium is about 65,000 people. The Super Bowl held in the same stadium had attendance of about 73,000 people. What is the most accurate answer for the percent of change for the SuperBowl?

• An increase of 8,000 people

• An increase of 12.3%

• An increase of 10.96%

• An increase of 12%

Multiple Choice

Find the percent of change when 75 people increased to 100 people.

• Increase of 25%

• Decrease of 25%

• Decrease of 33.3%

• Increase of 33.3%

Multiple Choice

Find the PERCENT of Change.

The original cost was $50 and the new cost is $60.

• Increase 20%

• Increase 16.67%

• Increase $10

• Decrease $10

Multiple Choice

What is the percent of increase,
from 75 pencils to 215 pencils?  Round to the nearest whole percent.
Show your proportion on seperate piece of paper.

• 20

• 200

• 19%

• 187%

Multiple Choice

^{I recently moved closer to West.  What is the percent of change in my distance if I used to live 15 miles away and now I live 6 miles away?
(Show all work for full credit on an extra piece of paper.)}

• 40%

• 60%

• 50%

• 15%

Multiple Choice

A house was originally listed for sale at $250,000. After 3 months, the seller dropped the price to $235,000. What was the percent of decrease in the price?

• 94%

• 9.2%

• 6.4%

• 6%