ACTIVITY 1
Find the percent of increase / decrease involved in this situation.
In a certain year a farmer harvested 350 sacks of rice. The following year he harvested 413 sacks,
what was the percent of increase?
Here we compare the increase of the farmers harvest to the previous harvest.
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Amount of Increase
63
ercent of increase =
= 0.18 = 1
Original Amount
350
350
Let's try these:
1 Last year, a farmer harvested 300 cavans of rice from his farm. After the long dry season, the
next harvest lowered down to 225 cavans. What was the percent of decrease of the farmer's
harvest?
2. If the price of a kilo of pork Increases from 180 to 240, what is the percent of increase in the
price of pork?
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