from 75 pencils to 225 pencils

Question

the problem is percent increase and round to the nearest percent 

Answer 1

Hello, thank you for taking the time to post your question!

When you are computing the percentage increase you want to take

% Increase = (New – Old)/Old x 100%

For this question that becomes

(225 – 75)/75 x 100%

=150/75 x 100%

=2 x 100%

=200%

I hope that helps get you moving in the right direction! Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions beyond that :)

Answer 2

The answer:

Percent increase = Difference/Original * 100 %

 

225-75/75 * 100 % = 200 %

 

No rounding required!