Percentage Change Calculator

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 Percent Change is the observed increase or decrease in percentage when the new price varies compared to the older one. Let V1 be the old value and V2 be the new value. The percentage change is given by Percentage Change Calculator is a online tool which calculates how much the original value varies to the changed value in percentage. Here are spaces provided where you can enter the original value V1 and changed value V2 to get the percentage change.The increase in percentage is given as INC and decrease in percentage is given as DEC in below calculator.

How to Find Percentage Change

Let us see the how to find the Percentage change using the following steps:

Step 1:
Read the given problem and observe whether original value V1 and changed value V2 are given.

Step 2: The Percentage change formula is given by

% change = $\frac{V_2 - V_1}{V_1}$ $\times$ 100

Substitute the values in above formula and get the answer.

Percentage Change Problems

Here are some solved problems on Percentage change Calculator which you can refer.

Solved Examples

Question 1: Find the percent change if there is change in rice price from 30 Rs per kg to 46 Rs per kg?
Solution:

Step 1 : Given: Original Price V1 = 30 Rs per kg, Changed Price V2 = 46 Rs per kg

Step 2 : The percentage change is given by
% change = $\frac{V_2 - V_1}{V_1}$ $\times$ 100

= $\frac{46 - 30}{30}$ $\times$ 100

= 0.533 $\times$ 100
= 53.33%
The percentage change is 53.33%.

Question 2: Calculate the percentage change if a pen kept for sale for 100 Rs is raised by 12 Rs?
Solution:

Step 1 : Given: Original Price V1 = 100 Rs, Changed Price V2 = 112 Rs
Step 2 : The percentage change is given by
% change = $\frac{V_2 - V_1}{V_1}$ $\times$ 100 %

= $\frac{112 - 100}{100}$ $\times$ 100 %

= 12%
The percentage change in price raise of pen is 12%.