Percentage Change

Subtract the old from the new, and so divide past the old value. Show that as a Percentage.

Comparing Old to New

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Change: subtract old value from new value.

Instance: You had five books, but at present have seven. The change is: 7−5 = two.

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Percent Change: bear witness that modify as a percent of the old value ... and so divide by the old value and get in a percentage:

So the percentage modify from 5 to seven is: two/v = 0.4 = 40%

Percentage Alter is all near comparing old to new values. See percentage alter, difference and error for other options.

How to Summate

Here are two ways to calculate a percentage alter, use the one you prefer:

Method 1

Step i: Summate the change (subtract old value from the new value)
Step 2: Carve up that change by the old value (you will get a decimal number)
Step 3: Convert that to a percentage (by multiplying by 100 and adding a "%" sign)
Annotation: when the new value is greater then the former value, information technology is a percentage increment, otherwise it is a decrease.

Method 2

Step 1: Divide the New Value past the Erstwhile Value (yous will get a decimal number)
Stride 2: Convert that to a percentage (by multiplying by 100 and calculation a "%" sign)
Step iii: Subtract 100% from that
Annotation: when the result is positive information technology is a percentage increase, if negative, but remove the minus sign and call it a decrease.

Examples

Example: A pair of socks went from $5 to $6, what is the percentage change?

Answer (Method 1):

  • Pace 1: $five to $six is a $one increase
  • Step two: Divide past the old value: $i/$5 = 0.2
  • Step 3: Convert 0.ii to percentage: 0.2×100 = 20% ascent.

Answer (Method 2):

  • Footstep 1: Split new value by sometime value: $6/$5 = 1.2
  • Step 2: Convert to percentage: ane.2×100 = 120% (i.east. $6 is 120% of $5)
  • Stride 3: Subtract 100%: 120% − 100% = xx%, and that means a 20% rise.

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Some other Case: There were 160 smarties in the box yesterday, but now there are 116, what is the percentage alter?

Answer (Method 1): 160 to 116 is a subtract of 44. Compared to yesterday's value: 44/160 = 0.275 = 27.5% decrease.

Answer (Method two): Compare today'southward value with yesterday'southward value: 116/160 = 0.725 = 72.five%, then the new value is 72.five% of the one-time value.
Subtract 100% and you become −27.five%, or a 27.5% decrease.

Why Compare to Former Value?

Because yous are saying how much a value has changed.

Case: Milk was $2, at present it is $3, did it rise $1 compared to $2 or $three ?

We compare to the original $2 value, so nosotros say the change is $one/$2 = 0.5 which is a l% increase.

The Formula

Y'all tin can also put the values into this formula:

New Value − Erstwhile Value |Quondam Value| × 100%

(The "|" symbols mean absolute value, and then negatives become positive)

Case: There were 200 customers yesterday, and 240 today:

240 − 200 |200| × 100% = forty 200 × 100% = 20%

A twenty% increase.

Instance: But if there were 240 customers yesterday, and 200 today we would get:

200 − 240 |240| × 100% = −twoscore 240 × 100% = −16.6...%

A 16.6...% decrease.

How to Reverse a Rise or Fall

Some people think that a per centum increment can be "reversed" by the same percentage decrease. Only no!

Example: 10% of 100

A 10% increase from 100 is an increase of 10, which equals 110 ...

... merely a 10% reduction from 110 is a reduction of 11 (x% of 110 is eleven)

Then we ended up at 99 (not the 100 we started with)

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What happened?

  • ten% took usa upwards 10
  • Then 10% took the states downwardly 11

Considering the percentage rising or autumn is in relation to the old value:

  • The 10% increment was practical to 100
  • But the 10% decrease was practical to 110

How to exercise it properly

To "contrary" a percentage rise or fall, apply the right formula here:

To Reverse: Utilize this Pct: Example x%
An "10" percent rise:

10/(i+ten/100)

 ten/(1+ten/100) = 10/(1.ane) = nine.0909...
An "x" pct autumn:

x/(1−x/100)

 10/(1−x/100) = 10/(0.9) = xi.111...

Or use this handy-cracking estimator (simply blazon in a value and click in the other box)