Percent Increase and Decrease Worksheet
A Grade 12 math worksheet focusing on calculating and applying percent increase and decrease in various real-world scenarios.
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Percent Increase and Decrease
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Read each question carefully and show all your work. Round your answers to two decimal places where necessary.
1. A company's stock price increased from $50 to $65. Calculate the percent increase in the stock price.
2. The population of a town grew from 15,000 to 18,500 in five years. What is the percent increase in the town's population?
3. A car's value depreciated from $25,000 to $20,000 in one year. Calculate the percent decrease in the car's value.
4. The number of students attending a club decreased from 80 to 68. What is the percent decrease in club attendance?
5. If an item costs $120 and increases by 15%, the new price is .
6. A shirt originally priced at $40 is on sale for $32. This is a percent decrease of .
7. A bicycle's price increased from $300 to $360. What is the percent increase?
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8. A laptop's price decreased by 10% from its original price of $800. What is the new price?
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9. A store is having a sale. A jacket is originally priced at $150. It is first discounted by 20%, and then an additional 10% is taken off the discounted price. What is the final price of the jacket? What is the overall percent decrease from the original price?
10. An increase of 25% followed by a decrease of 20% on the new value will result in the original value.
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