Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Percentage Change Calculator

A percentage change is a way to express a change in a variable. It represents the relative change between the old value and the new one.

The formula used to calculate the percentage change is

Percentage change = `((V2 - V1) / (V1)) * 100` .

V1- represents the old value

V2 - the new one.                                                              Source: - Wikipedia



some percentages as fractions:

a.       `5%=5/100=1/20` .

b.      `10%=10/100=1/10` .

c.      `25%=25/100=1/4` .

d.     `75%=75/100=3/4` .

e.      `125%=125/100=5/4` .

f.        `175%=175/100=7/4` .

g.       `(3 1/8)%=25/800=1/32` .

h.    ` (6 1/4)%=25/400=1/16` .

i.        `(8 1/3)%=25/300=1/12` .

j.        `(16 2/3)%=50/300=1/6` .

k.       `(66 2/3)%=200/300=2/3` .

l.        `(87 1/2)%=175/200=7/8` .

Calculation of Percentage:


Calculation of percentage:

The percent symbol can be treated as being equivalent to the pure number constant `1/100=0.01,`  while performing calculations with percentage.

If a number is first changed by`P% ` and then changed by `Q%` , then the net change in the number `=[P+Q+((PQ)/100)]` . Remember that any decreasing value in the formula should be taken as ‘negative’ and increasing value should be taken as ‘positive’.

Similarly, if A’s salary is `P%`  less than B’s salary, then the percentage by which B’s salary is more than A’s salary is`(100P)/(100-P)` .

If expenditure also, then percentage change in expenditure or revenue`=[P+Q+((PQ)/100)]` . Where ‘P’ is the percentage change in price and ‘Q’ is the percentage change in consumption.


Percentage change calculator - Example problems:


Percentage change calculator - Problem 1:-

Ram scored 86 runs in the cricket match on  Monday.  On Friday he scored 95 runs.  Calculate the Percentage of change?

Solution:-

Given

V2 = new value = 95 runs.

V1 = old value = 86 runs.

Percentage of change =  ?.

The formula used to calculate the percentage change is

Percentage change = `((V2 - V1) / (V1)) * 100` .

By plugging in the given values in to the formula we get

Percentage change  =` (95 - 86) / (86) * 100` .

The difference between  95 and 86 is  9.

By plugging in it to the formula we get the answer as

=`9 / 86` * 100.

The fraction 9/ 86 gives us 0.1046.

=0.1046 * 100

=10.46

The percentage of change is 10.46.

Percentage change calculator - Problem 2:-

Mary bought 40 Compact disks last month.  He bought only 30 this year.  Calculate is the percent of change.

Solution:-

Given :-

Here,

V2 = new value =  35 Compact disks

V1 = old value = 40 Compact disks

Percentage of change =?

The formula used to calculate the percentage change is

Percentage change = `((V2 - V1) / (V1)) * 100` .

V2 = new value.

V1 = old value

By plugging in the given values in to the formula we get

Percentage change =  `(35 -40) / (40)` * 100.

The difference between 35 and 40 is 5

By plugging in the given values in to the formula we get,
33333
= `5 / 40` * 100

The fraction 8/ 40 gives us  1/5.

`= 1/ 5 ` * 100.

= 20%

The percentage of change is 20 %


Percentage change calculator - Practice Problem:


Ex1 : John scored 16 runs in the cricket match on  Monday.  On Friday he scored 32 runs.  Calculate the Percentage of change?

Answer:-

The percentage of change is 50%

Ex2 : Calculate `40%`  of `625` .

Sol: `40% ` of a number `=2/5`  of the number `=2/5`  of `625=(2/5)(625)=250` .

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