Percent

Question 1

What does percent mean?

Answer 1

Per hundred

Question 2

What is a percent?

Answer 2

A ratio used to represent parts of a whole where the whole is considered to have 100 parts.

Question 3

What is percent change?

Answer 3

The difference between the original and new number over the original number

Question 4

What is percent increase?

Answer 4

The percent change for an increase

Question 5

What is percent decrease?

Answer 5

The percent change for a decrease

The percent change for a decrease will be negative.

Question 6

What is the base in a percent?

Answer 6

The whole is called the base of the percent.

Question 7

What is the equation for percent change?

Answer 7

(new-original)/original