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Percentage Increase and Decrease Trick Worksheet

Speed calculation lesson 23: Increase or decrease by a percent · Set 768 · 40 questions
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The fast method (One-step multiplier): Increase by p%: multiply by (100 + p)% — up 20% is × 1.2. Decrease by p%: multiply by (100 − p)% — down 25% is × 0.75. Easy way to multiply: × the whole number (115 or 75), then ÷ 100.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.300 decreased by 20% =
  2. 2.75 decreased by 8% =
  3. 3.680 decreased by 5% =
  4. 4.360 decreased by 15% =
  5. 5.105 decreased by 20% =
  6. 6.800 increased by 12% =
  7. 7.460 increased by 5% =
  8. 8.405 increased by 60% =
  9. 9.650 increased by 30% =
  10. 10.180 increased by 20% =
  11. 11.760 increased by 10% =
  12. 12.260 decreased by 35% =
  13. 13.384 decreased by 50% =
  14. 14.775 increased by 8% =
  15. 15.260 decreased by 10% =
  16. 16.410 increased by 30% =
  17. 17.120 decreased by 5% =
  18. 18.60 decreased by 15% =
  19. 19.632 increased by 25% =
  20. 20.748 decreased by 25% =
  21. 21.310 decreased by 40% =
  22. 22.460 decreased by 10% =
  23. 23.80 increased by 15% =
  24. 24.50 increased by 12% =
  25. 25.760 increased by 10% =
  26. 26.680 increased by 50% =
  27. 27.530 decreased by 40% =
  28. 28.648 increased by 25% =
  29. 29.435 increased by 20% =
  30. 30.420 increased by 15% =
  31. 31.204 increased by 25% =
  32. 32.470 decreased by 30% =
  33. 33.475 decreased by 8% =
  34. 34.285 increased by 60% =
  35. 35.380 decreased by 5% =
  36. 36.770 decreased by 10% =
  37. 37.700 decreased by 10% =
  38. 38.334 decreased by 50% =
  39. 39.80 decreased by 75% =
  40. 40.174 increased by 50% =

Answer key

  1. 240
  2. 69
  3. 646
  4. 306
  5. 84
  6. 896
  7. 483
  8. 648
  9. 845
  10. 216
  11. 836
  12. 169
  13. 192
  14. 837
  15. 234
  16. 533
  17. 114
  18. 51
  19. 790
  20. 561
  21. 186
  22. 414
  23. 92
  24. 56
  25. 836
  26. 1020
  27. 318
  28. 810
  29. 522
  30. 483
  31. 255
  32. 329
  33. 437
  34. 456
  35. 361
  36. 693
  37. 630
  38. 167
  39. 20
  40. 261

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