pdf Percent Increase

This worksheet provides structured instruction and practice on calculating percent increase in real-world contexts. A clearly modeled example demonstrates how to subtract the difference between two values and divide by the original number, using the formula \(\frac{\text{new} - \text{original}}{\text{original}}\) to determine the percent increase.

Students apply this method to six practical scenarios, including changes in height, population growth, classroom enrollment, plant growth, savings increases, and tax percentage on a restaurant bill. Each problem requires students to identify the original value, calculate the difference, divide by the original amount, and convert the result to a percent. Students are instructed to round to the nearest whole percent when necessary, reinforcing precision and place value understanding.

Because the problems require students to interpret contextual information before performing calculations, this resource strengthens both conceptual understanding of percent increase and procedural fluency with percent formulas. It works well as guided instruction, independent practice, homework, small-group intervention, or assessment preparation in a unit on percent change.

Skills Assessed

• Calculating percent increase

• Identifying original and new values

• Applying the percent change formula

• Rounding to the nearest whole percent

• Solving real-world percent problems

Classroom Use

• Introduction to percent increase

• Guided practice

• Independent work

• Homework assignment

• Small-group remediation

• Assessment preparation

Details

2 pages
Answer key included

ID# 0064