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WorksheetsUnit 5 Percent Increase/Decrease
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 19mins
Percent decrease means starting with 100% and _____________ the given percent.
subtracting
adding
multiplying
dividing
Percent increase means starting with 100% and _____________ the given percent.
subtracting
adding
multiplying
dividing
A 15% increase written as a multiplier is ___________.
1.15
115%
.85
.15
A 15% decrease written as a multiplier is ___________.
1.15
85%
.85
1.85
A profit of $2000 that increases by 9% each year. What is the multiplier?
1.9
0.09
1.09
0.9
A 23% decrease would mean a multiplier of ____________.
1.23
0.23
0.77
0.87
A 45% increase would mean a multiplier of ____________.
1.45
0.55
0.45
45
A 3.5% increase would mean a multiplier of ____________.
0.035
1.035
96.5
35
An initial population of 25,000 increases by 16%. What is the multiplier?
0.16
0.84
16
1.16
An initial population of 25,000 increases by 16% each year. What is the population at 3 years?
102
14,818
102,400,000
39,022
An initial 10,000 TikTok followers decreased by 5% each month. What is the multiplier?
1.05
.95
0.5
0.05
An initial 10,000 TikTok followers decreased by 5% each month. How many followers will there be after 6 months? Round to the nearest follower. There are no partial followers.
13,401
7,351
156
9,999
