Quiz: Understanding Percent of Change
1. What is percent of change?
a) A measure of how much a number has increased or decreased in percentage terms.
b) A measure of the total change in a number.
c) A measure of the average change in a number.
2. How is percent of change calculated?
a) (New Number - Old Number) / Old Number * 100
b) (New Number + Old Number) / Old Number * 100
c) (New Number - Old Number) / New Number * 100
3. What does a positive result in percent of change indicate?
a) An increase
b) A decrease
c) No change
4. What does a negative result in percent of change indicate?
a) An increase
b) A decrease
c) No change
5. In the formula for percent of change, why do we divide by the old number?
a) To find the amount of change
b) To find the percentage change
c) To find the new number
6. Calculate the percent of change from 50 to 30.
a) -40%
b) -20%
c) -10%
7. Calculate the percent of change from 20 to 40.
a) 50%
b) 100%
c) 200%
8. Calculate the percent of change from 100 to 90.
a) -10%
b) -20%
c) -30%
9. Calculate the percent of change from 80 to 100.
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 30%
10. Calculate the percent of change from 60 to 80.
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 30%
11. What is the percent of change from 10 to 5?
a) -50%
b) -40%
c) -30%
12. What is the percent of change from 15 to 30?
a) 50%
b) 75%
c) 100%
13. What is the percent of change from 25 to 20?
a) -20%
b) -25%
c) -30%
14. What is the percent of change from 40 to 50?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 30%
15. In real-life, percent of change is used to calculate:
a) Discounts in shopping
b) Profit or loss in finance
c) Both a and b
16. What is the result of percent of change if the new number is equal to the old number?
a) 0%
b) 50%
c) 100%
17. What is the result of percent of change if the new number is greater than the old number?
a) Positive percentage increase
b) Negative percentage decrease
c) No change
18. What is the result of percent of change if the new number is less than the old number?
a) Positive percentage increase
b) Negative percentage decrease
c) No change
19. What is the percent of change from 80 to 100?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 30%
20. What is the percent of change from 60 to 40?
a) -20%
b) -25%
c) -30%
