taking the assessment test for the first time, you score 56. After doing math jam, you score 78. What percent did math jam help you attain

Question

This is a question from algebra and its a word problem that has to do with finding the percentage of a problem.

Answer 1

Percent increase is: increase / original

 

(78 - 56) / 56

12 / 56

0.214

 

The increase was 21.4%

Answer 2

This problem deals with percentage increase

 

The general formula you are going to use is

 

% change =

(Higher value - lower value) / higher value × 100

 

= (78 - 56) × 100 / 78

 

= 2200 / 78

 

= 28.2%

 

It increased by 28.2 percent