Percentage Decrease Quiz

What is the formula to find percentage decrease?

• (New Value −Original Value) ×100%

• (Original Value −New Value)/Original Value ×100%

• (Original value + New Value)/Original Value ×100%

• (New value/Original value)×100%

A shirt that originally cost ₱500 is now on sale for ₱350. What is the percentage decrease?

• 25%

• 30%

• 35%

• 40%

The price of a book dropped from ₱800 to ₱600. What is the amount of decrease?

• 150

• 200

• 250

• 300

The price of a book dropped from ₱800 to ₱600. What is the percentage decrease?

• 15%

• 20%

• 25%

• 30%

A population decreased from 2,500 to 2,250. What is the percentage decrease?

• 5%

• 10%

• 12%

• 15%

A car's value went down from ₱900,000 to ₱765,000. Find the percentage decrease.

• 10%

• 12.5%

• 15%

• 18%

True or False: If a number decreases from 1,200 to 1,080, the percentage decrease is 10%.

• TRUE

• FALSE

You bought a bag for ₱1,200 but later saw it was sold for ₱900. What is the percentage decrease in price?

• 20%

• 25%

• 30%

• 35%

What is the percentage decrease when a test score drops from 80 to 64?

• 15%

• 18%

• 20%

• 22%

Which of the following is a real-life example of percentage decrease?

• A student's test score improves from 75 to 90.

• The price of rice goes down from ₱50 per kilo to ₱40 per kilo.

• A cellphone's memory is upgraded from 64GB to 128GB.

• A factory increases its monthly production from 1,000 units to 1,200 units.