Eli Garger

Name ________________________________________ 11/29

Date __________________ Math 3
Class __________________

LESSON
Percent Increase and Decrease
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Practice and Problem Solving: C

Solve.
1. Enrollment in the school orchestra was 340 last year. This year, it
dropped 15%.
340-51=289
a. What is the enrollment this year? ___________________________

b. If enrollment increases 15% next year, what will the enrollment be?

289+43=332
Round to the nearest whole number. ___________________________

2. Rodrigo and Samantha work part-time selling magazine subscriptions.

Their boss said that he wanted them to increase sales by 15% each
week. As an incentive, whoever increases their sales by the higher
percentage each week would get a bonus. The table below shows
subscription sales for four weeks in a row.
Number of Subscriptions Sold
Worker Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Rodrigo 17 25 18 27
Samantha 15 18 21 23

a. Find Rodrigo’s percent increase or decrease in sales each week.

1-2 = 47.1% increase / 2-3 = 28% decrease / 3-4 = 50% increase

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b. Find Samantha’s percent increase or decrease in sales each

week.
1-2 = 20% increase / 2-3 = 16.7% increase / 3-4 = 9.6% increase
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c. Who received a bonus in weeks 2, 3, and 4?

2 - Rodrigo / 3-Samantha / 4-Rodrigo

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d. After four weeks, did Rodrigo or Samantha meet their boss’s goal?
Explain.

We know for sure that neither Rodrigo nor Samantha met their bosses goals because, during the interval of 4
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weeks, they did not increase 15% each week.
3. The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that can be used to
calculate percent change in temperatures. The formula to convert
Celsius to Kelvin is K C  273.15. What is the percent change if the
temperature rises from 21qC to 29qC? Round to the nearest tenth.

21 + 273.15 = 294.15)
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} The percent change is 2.7% increase in Kelvin.
29 + 273.13 = 302.15)
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