Discuss the percentage change:

I receive 12 house points one week and 18 the next

I pay £9 for a rail fare on a Friday but only £6 at the weekend

I earn £9.60 one week doing my paper round by £12.43 the next

I have x pencils in my pencil case one week and y the next

Percentage Change

•   Percentage Change = x 100

Example Your turn

Calculate the percentage Calculate the percentage

change from 70 to 105 change from 3050 to 2790
Examples
•I have
  6 books in my locker one day and 7 the next:
% change =

My car is worth £14 500 when new but only £9600 a year
later:
% change =
= 33.793…
= 33.8%
£2 increasing to £3

50%
£8 increasing to £9

12.5%
£6 decreasing to £5

% 
£18 increasing to £20

 
11.%
£2 decreasing to £0

100%
£2 increasing to £6

200%
Example
Each side of a square is increased by 10%
By what percentage is the area increased?
Your turn

1) The length of a rectangle is increased by 20%. The width

is decreased by 20%. By what percentage is the area changed?
Answers

1) 4% decrease
 Percentage Change
• The
  population of a village was 11834 in 2010 and was 11297 in 2011.
Calculate the percentage change in the population between 2010 and
2011.

Percentage Change =

= 4.54% (2dp)

The population fell by 4.54% in 2011.

 Percentage Change
In each of the following
1) Calculate the percentage situations, calculate the
change for the following: percentage change:
2) Monthly train tickets are
going to increase from £379
to £425.
3) A newspaper sold 37566
Old Amount New Amount copies in April and 35369 in
63 97 May.
38 45 4) A shop made £1189 one week
and £1299 the next week.
88 39 5) A politician received 156,846
94 107 votes in 2005 and 147360
votes in the 2010 election.
82 79
 Percentage Change
In each of the following
1) Calculate the percentage situations, calculate the
change for the following: percentage change:
2) Monthly train tickets are
going to increase from £379
to £425. 12.14% increase
3) A newspaper sold 37566
Old New % copies in April and 35369 in
Amount Amount Change May. 5.85% decrease
63 97 +53.97% 4) A shop made £1189 one week
and £1299 the next week.
38 45 +18.42%
5) A politician9.25%
receivedincrease
156,846
88 39 -55.68% votes in 2005 and 147360
94 107 +13.83% votes in the 2010 election.
82 79 -3.66%
6.05% decrease
 Challenge:

x+4

A slice is cut from a rectangle in order to form a square

with the same width as the original rectangle, as
shown.
If the percentage change in area is 40%, show that
x²- 6x = 0
and solve this to find the dimensions of the rectangle.
What is the percentage change?
My pay of £35 000 is increased to £43 800.
What percentage change is this?

One month I use 352 texts. The next I use only 236.
What percentage change in text use is this?

Solutions:
25.1% 33.0%
What is the percentage change?
My pay of £35 000 is increased to £43 800.
What percentage change is this?

One month I use 352 texts. The next I use only 236.
What percentage change in text use is this?

Solutions:
25.1% 33.0%

Solutions:
25.1% 33.0%
 What’s Up?
•   The number of pupils in a class drops from 30 to 28.
The percentage reduction in students is …
 What’s Up?
•   The number of pupils in a class drops from 30 to 28.
The percentage reduction in students is …
 Write your own question …
Question: Answer
•  
 Write your own question …
Question: Answer
•  
e.g. I have 23 sweets in a packet and I eat
17 of these. What is the percentage
change in the number of sweets?
 Puddles

After heavy rain, a small puddle

with diameter 20cm increases to a
large puddle of radius 30cm.

What is the percentage increase in

the surface area of the puddle?
 Puddles
•Original
  area
After heavy rain, a small puddle
with diameter 20cm increases to a
large puddle of radius 30cm.
New Area

What is the percentage increase in

the surface area of the puddle?
Percentage Change =
 Postage
The table shows the cost of posting Type 2012 2016
letters in both 2012 and 2016. First 60p 64p
In 2012, I sent 60 Christmas cards: four Class
to Australia, 23 first class in the UK and
Second 50p 55p
the rest second class.
Class
In 2016 I sent 30% more cards: I sent
abroad, first class and second class in
Overseas £1.80 £2.30
the ratio 1:2:3.

Show that this is an 81% increase in

postage over the years.
 Postage
• Show
  that this is an 81% increase Type 2012 2016
in postage over the years. First 60p 64p
In 2012: Class 23 26
230.60+530.50+41.80=£37.50 Second 50p 55p
In 2016: Class 33 39
260.64+390.55+132.30=£67.99 Overseas £1.80 £2.30
Percentage change =
4 13