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But on the weekends they averaged 115.2 customers a day. What is the percent decrease in the number of customers? |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | Edward spent 25 minutes on his math homework and 33.5 minutes on his spelling homework. He spent   percent more time on his spelling homework. |  |  |  |  | 2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | Last year a fishing license cost $52.00. This year the license will cost $40.56. This is a   percent decrease. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A small fruit smoothie is 27 ounces while a large fruit smoothie is 34.56 ounces. The large fruit smoothie is   % larger. |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A game normally cost $57 .00, but Amy used a coupon and got the game for $45.60. The coupon was for   percent off. |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A store sold 15 dollars worth of gift cards in October. The next month the goal was to sell $21.3 worth of gift cards. This is an increase of   percent. |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | Robin's family decided to get rid of their cable TV. Originally they were paying $96.00 for the TV, internet and phone, but now they're paying $84.48. What was the percent the bill decreased by? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | At a restaurant the bill came to $89.00. If you leave $112 . 14, what percent tip is that? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | In the spring the average score for a division worksheet was 57. But back in the fall the average score was 36.48. The fall score was   % lower than the spring score. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | Normally a chef uses 12 ounces of chocolate to make chocolate chip cookies. But he started using 14.64 ounces instead. He should advertise the cookies as having   percent more chocolate. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 |  | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\n[Math](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 8)[ www.CommonCoreSheets.com](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 8)[ 8](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 8)  \nExamining Percent Increase and Decrease  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>1) A store normally averaged 128 customers a day. But on the weekends they averaged 115.2 customers a day. What is the percent decrease in the number of customers? |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  10  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | Edward spent 25 minutes on his math homework and 33.5 minutes on his spelling homework. He spent   percent more time on his spelling homework. |  |  |  |  | 2.  34  3.  22  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | Last year a fishing license cost $52.00. This year the license will cost $40.56. This is a   percent decrease. |  |  |  |  | 4.  28  5.  20  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A small fruit smoothie is 27 ounces while a large fruit smoothie is 34.56 ounces. The large fruit smoothie is   % larger. |  |  |  |  | 6.  42  7.  12  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A game normally cost $57 .00, but Amy used a coupon and got the game for $45.60. The coupon was for   percent off. |  |  |  |  | 8.  26  9.  36  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A store sold 15 dollars worth of gift cards in October. The next month the goal was to sell $21.3 worth of gift cards. This is an increase of   percent. |  |  |  |  | 10.  22  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | Robin's family decided to get rid of their cable TV. Originally they were paying $96.00 for the TV, internet and phone, but now they're paying $84.48. What was the percent the bill decreased by? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | At a restaurant the bill came to $89.00. If you leave $112 . 14, what percent tip is that? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | In the spring the average score for a division worksheet was 57. But back in the fall the ","cbCaiqv3YUoPVGPN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqv3YUoPVGPN","pdf",44968,"English","# Percent Decrease\n## Customers comparison\n## Homework time difference\n## Fishing license cost change\n## Smoothie size change\n## Coupon savings and price change\n## Gift card sales increase\n## Cable TV bill decrease\n## Restaurant tip calculation\n## Score comparison from spring to fall\n## Cookie chocolate quantity change","[{\"question\":\"How do you find a percent decrease when the original amount is known?\",\"answer\":\"Compute the difference between the original and new amounts, divide by the original amount, then multiply by 100. 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