Can a 5% increase be the same as a 5 percentage point increase?

Question

Can a 5% increase be the same as a 5 percentage point increase?

Answer 1

They do not quite mean the same.

"Percentage Points" is simply taking the difference between two percentages.

"Percentage Change" is comparing old to new values as a percentage.

But the number could happen to be the same based on the question sometimes.

Answer 2

If I understand your question-not exactly.

If you have an assignment worth 80 points and the teacher says there will be a 5% increase in your grade once the errors are corrected you’d see the following:

80(.05)-5% in decimal form-which gives an answer of 4 points. And, of course, we know that 4 doesn’t equal 5.

However, based on a 100-point system:

100(.05) this would result in an increase of 5%; and, 5% would earn 5 points.

Conclusion:

It depends on the numbers and percentages used in certain tasks or problems.