Percent Change Word Problems

The attendance at a football game increased from 200 to 265. Find the percent increase.

• 65%

• 40%

• 0.325%

• 32.5%

Yesterday your ride to school took 10 minutes. Today your ride to school took 14 minutes. What is the percent change?

• .4% Increase

• 40% Increase

• 40% Decrease

• .4% Decrease

Last week 1200 burgers were served at the Burger Palace. This week 1176 burgers were served. What is the percent of change?

• 20% Increase

• 20% Decrease

• 2% Increase

• 2% Decrease

• 0.02% Decrease

Use the percent of change from question 2 (about Burger Palace) to predict the number of burgers next week. Round to the nearest whole number

• 1152 burgers

• 24 burgers

• 23 burgers

• 1153 burgers

• 1200 burgers

The price of a share of stock was $37.59 yesterday. Today there was a price decrease of 4%. What is today's price?

• $1.50

• $39

• $36

• $37

Sonya’s heart rate was 76 beats per minute. She ran a mile on her treadmill and checked her heart rate again. This time, her heart rate was 133 beats per minute. What was the percent increase in Sonya’s heart rate?

• 43%

• 75%

• 57%

• 13%

Isaac is growing a tomato plant. When he measured his plant in June, it was 4.5 inches tall. By July, it was 11.25 inches tall. What was the percent increase in the height of Isaac’s tomato plant from June to July?

• 150%

• 60%

• 67.5%

• 6.75%

There were 425 people at the Lincoln

County High School football game last

week. This week, 357 people attended

the game. What was the percent decrease

in attendance?

• 68%

• 54%

• 19%

• 16%

Last year, a taco truck ordered 3,000 pounds of cheese. This year, they ordered 2,100 pounds of cheese. What was the percent decrease in the pounds of cheese the taco truck ordered?

A video game console at Games Galore

normally costs $399.50, but all consoles are

marked down by 20% this week. What is the

price of a video game console this week?

• $79.90

• $479.40

• $319.60

• $39.95