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The small soda has   percent fewer calories. |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | Ned used to have $475.00 in the bank but after a year the amount increased to $608.00. This was an increase of   % . |  |  |  |  | 2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | Last year a fishing license cost $56.00. This year the license will cost $35.84. This is a   percent decrease. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A store sold 14 dollars worth of gift cards in October. The next month the goal was to sell $15.96 worth of gift cards. This is an increase of   percent. |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A store normally averaged 170 customers a day. But on the weekends they averaged 149.6 customers a day. What is the percent decrease in the number of customers? |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A library normally collected $40.00 in fees a month. But in March they collected $48.80. What is the percent increase in the number of fees collected in March? |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | In the spring the average score for a division worksheet was 71. But back in the fall the average score was 39.76. The fall score was   % lower than the spring score. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | A pole was supposed to be 20 meters long, but it was accidentally made 28 meters long. The pole is   percent longer than it needs to be. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A game normally cost $58 .00, but Vanessa used a coupon and got the game for $33.64. The coupon was for   percent off. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | In February Haley got a puppy that weighed 10 kilograms. By October the puppy weighed 13.4 kilograms. What was the percent the puppy's weight increased? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 |  | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\n[Math](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 7)[ www.CommonCoreSheets.com](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 7)[ 7](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 7)  \nExamining Percent Increase and Decrease  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>1) A large soda is 232 calories and a small soda is 116 calories. The small soda has   percent fewer calories. |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  50  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | Ned used to have $475.00 in the bank but after a year the amount increased to $608.00. This was an increase of   % . |  |  |  |  | 2.  28  3.  36  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | Last year a fishing license cost $56.00. This year the license will cost $35.84. This is a   percent decrease. |  |  |  |  | 4.  14  5.  12  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A store sold 14 dollars worth of gift cards in October. The next month the goal was to sell $15.96 worth of gift cards. This is an increase of   percent. |  |  |  |  | 6.  22  7.  44  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A store normally averaged 170 customers a day. But on the weekends they averaged 149.6 customers a day. What is the percent decrease in the number of customers? |  |  |  |  | 8.  40  9.  42  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A library normally collected $40.00 in fees a month. But in March they collected $48.80. What is the percent increase in the number of fees collected in March? |  |  |  |  | 10.  34  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | In the spring the average score for a division worksheet was 71. But back in the fall the average score was 39.76. The fall score was   % lower than the spring score. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | A pole was supposed to be 20 meters long, but it was accidentally made 28 meters long. The pole is   percent longer than it needs to be. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A game normally cost $58 .00, but Vanessa used a coupon and got the game for $33.64. The coupon was for   percent off. |  | ","cbCaicWK4upFynKw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicWK4upFynKw","pdf",44691,"English","# Solve Each Problem\n## Percent increase scenarios\n## Percent decrease scenarios","[{\"question\":\"How do I tell whether a word problem asks for percent increase or percent decrease?\",\"answer\":\"Determine whether the later value is greater or less than the original value. 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