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Percent of Increase and Decrease

Skill Practice!

State whether each change is a percent of increase or a percent of decrease. Then f nd the percent of change.
Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
1. from 12 m to 18 m 2. from 27 days to 30 days

3. from $48.50 to $38.80 4. from 25 lb to 12 lb

5. from 10 mm to 3 mm 6. from $875 to $1000

7. from $18.10 to $22.50 8. from 32 people to 3040 people

9. from 28 stray cats to 5 stray cats 10. from 12 words to 90 words

11. from 47 mph to 35 mph 12. from 8 computers to 15 computers

13. from 34 workers to 28 workers 14. from 8056 snowf akes to 6381 snowf akes

15. from 201 sales to 148 sales

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