Thursday, July 29, 2010

Percentage Change Calculator

Introduction to Percentage Change Calculator:-
A percentage change is a way to express a change in a variable. It represents the relative change between the old value and the new one.
The formula used to calculate the percentage change is
Percentage change = .
V1- represents the old value
V2 - the new one. Source: - Wikipedia
There are many online calculators available for calculating percentage change.

Percentage Change Calculator - Example Problems:

This can also help us on pictograph worksheets
Percentage change calculator - Problem 1:-
Ram scored 86 runs in the cricket match on Monday. On Friday he scored 95 runs. Calculate the Percentage of change?
Solution:-
Given
V2 = new value = 95 runs.
V1 = old value = 86 runs.
Percentage of change = ?.
The formula used to calculate the percentage change is
Percentage change = .
By plugging in the given values in to the formula we get
Percentage change = .
The difference between 95 and 86 is 9.
By plugging in it to the formula we get the answer as
= * 100.
The fraction 9/ 86 gives us 0.1046.
=0.1046 * 100
=10.46
The percentage of change is 10.46.

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