1. 6-6 Percent of Change Warm Up Problem of the Day Lesson Presentation
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Problem of the Day
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2. 6-6 Percent of Change Warm Up Solve. 1. 10% of what number is 6?
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Warm Up
Solve.
1. 10% of what number is 6?
2. What percent of 20 is 8?
3. What is 80% of 60?
4. 50 is what percent of 200? 60
40% 48
25%

3. 6-6 Percent of Change Problem of the Day
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Problem of the Day
A pair of $100 sneakers was on sale for 50% off. Then the store manager marked them down another 30%. She then discounted the price by 20%. What is the total discount as a percent of the original price?
72%

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Learn to solve problems involving percent of change.

5. Insert Lesson Title Here
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Vocabulary
percent of change
percent of increase
percent of decrease

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A percent can be used to describe an amount of change. The percent of change is the amount, stated as a percent, that a number increases or decreases. If the amount goes up, it is a percent of increase. If the amount goes down, it is a percent of decrease.
You can find the percent of change by using the following formula.
amount of change
original amount
Percent of change =

7. Additional Example 1A: Finding Percent of Change
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Additional Example 1A: Finding Percent of Change
Find the percent of change. Round answers to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.
65 is decreased to 38.
65 – 38 = 27
Find the amount of change. 27 65
Substitute values into
formula.
percent of change = 
Divide.
 41.5%
Write as a percent. Round.
The percent of decrease is about 41.5%.
When a number is decreased, subtract the new amount from the original amount to find the amount of change.
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8. Additional Example 1B: Finding Percent of Change
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Additional Example 1B: Finding Percent of Change
Find the percent of change. Round answers to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.
41 is increased to 92.
92 – 41 = 51
Find the amount of change. 41 51
Substitute values into
formula.
Percent of change = 
Divide.
 124.4%
Write as a percent. Round.
The percent of increase is about 124.4%
When a number is increased, subtract the original amount from the new amount.
Helpful Hint

9. 6-6 Percent of Change Check It Out: Example 1A
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Check It Out: Example 1A
Find the percent of change. Round answers to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.
70 is decreased to 45.
70 – 45 = 25
Find the amount of change. 25 70
Substitute values into
formula.
percent of change = 
Divide.
 35.7%
Write as a percent. Round.
The percent of decrease is about 35.7%.

10. 6-6 Percent of Change Check It Out: Example 1B
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Check It Out: Example 1B
Find the percent of change. Round answers to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.
37 is increased to 56.
56 – 37 = 19
Find the amount of change. 37 19
Substitute values into
formula.
Percent of change = 
Divide.
 51.4%
Write as a percent. Round.
The percent of increase is about 51.4%

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Percent of Change
When you know the percent of change, you can use an equation to find the actual amount of change.

12. Additional Example 2: Using Percent of Change
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Additional Example 2: Using Percent of Change
The regular price of a bicycle helmet is $ It is on sale for 20% off. What is the sales price?
Step 1: Find the actual amount of the discount.
20% · = d
Think: 20% of $42.99 is what number?
0.20 · = d
Write the percent as a decimal.
8.598 = d
Multiply.
$8.60  d
Round to the nearest cent.
The amount of the discount is $8.60.

13. Additional Example 2 Continued
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Additional Example 2 Continued
The regular price of a bicycle helmet is $ It is on sale for 20% off. What is the sales price?
Step 2: Find the sale price.
regular price – amount of discount = sales price
$ – $ = $34.39
The sale price is $34.39

14. 6-6 Percent of Change Check It Out: Example 2
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Check It Out: Example 2
The regular price of a computer game is $ It is on sale for 15% off. What is the sales price?
Step 1: Find the actual amount of the discount.
15% · = d
Think: 15% of $49.88 is what number?
0.15 · = d
Write the percent as a decimal.
7.482 = d
Multiply.
$7.48  d
Round to the nearest cent.
The amount of the discount is $7.48.

15. Check It Out: Example 2 Continued
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Check It Out: Example 2 Continued
The regular price of a computer game is $ It is on sale for 15% off. What is the sales price?
Step 2: Find the sale price.
regular price – amount of discount = sales price
$ – $ = $42.40
The sale price is $42.40.

16. Additional Example 3: Business Application
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Additional Example 3: Business Application
A boutique buys hand-painted T-shirts for $12.60 each and sells them at a 110% increase in price. What is the retail price of the T-shirts?
Step 1: Find the actual amount of increase.
Think: 110% of $12.60 is what number?
110% · = n
1.10 · = n
Write the percent as a decimal.
13.86 = n
Multiply.
Step 2: Find the selling price.
wholesale price + amount of increase = retail price
$ $ = $26.46
The retail price of the hand-painted T-shirts is $26.46 each.

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Check It Out: Example 3
William makes T-shirts for $7.00 each and sells them after a price increase of 125%. What is the retail price of the T-shirts?
Step 1: Find the actual amount of increase.
Think: 125% of $7.00 is what number?
125% · 7.00 = n
1.25 · 7.00 = n
Write the percent as a decimal.
8.75 = n
Multiply.
Step 2: Find the selling price.
wholesale price + amount of increase = retail price
$ $ = $15.75
The retail price of the T-shirts is $15.75 each.

18. Insert Lesson Title Here
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Lesson Quiz
Find each percent of change.
1. 10 is increased to 12.
2. 25 is increased to 45.
3. 10 is decreased to 1.
4. The regular price of a coat is $120. It is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?
5. A backpack that sells for $42 is on sale for % off. Find the sale price.
20%
80%
90%
$90
$31.50