Basic Word Problems on Percentage. Percentage of a Quantity: Converting a percentage to a decimal and multiplying by the total. Finding the Total from a Percentage: Setting up and solving an equation to find the total when given the percentage and part. Percentage Increase: Calculating the difference, dividing by the original, and converting to a […]

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Word Problems – Percentage – Increase & Decrease           Example 1: Gasoline price in year 2017 is $5.38/gallon, and in 2018 it’s price 5.68. What is the percentage of increase. Solution: Original price of gasoline is = $5.38/gallonNew price = $5.68 price increase = 5.68 – 5.38 price increase  = 0.38/gallon         […]

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