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Grade 7 Percent Increase and Decrease Practice Test

Build Grade 7 Math skills with five 10-question practice tests on percent change, increase and decrease multipliers, discounts, tax, salaries, populations, successive changes, and original values.

Percent Increase and Decrease Practice Tests

These Grade 7 Math practice tests help students calculate percent change and apply percentage multipliers. Students work with increases, decreases, discounts, tax, salaries, populations, original values, successive changes, and real-world price and budget situations.

Skills covered

  • Calculating percent increase and percent decrease from original and new values
  • Using increase multipliers such as 1.15 and decrease multipliers such as 0.80
  • Finding a new value after a percentage increase or decrease
  • Finding the original value from a final value and a percentage change
  • Applying discounts, sales tax, salary changes, population changes, and budgets
  • Analyzing successive percentage changes and explaining why they are not always additive

How to use these practice tests

Use the original amount as the denominator when calculating percent change. For an increase, multiply by (1+r); for a decrease, multiply by (1-r), where (r) is the decimal rate. For successive changes, apply each multiplier in order and keep the intermediate value before applying the next change.

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Grade 7 Percent Increase and Decrease Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 7 Math practice test on percent increase, percent decrease, multipliers, discounts, tax, salaries, populations, successive changes, and finding original values.

Identify the original value, calculate the change relative to that original, use increase or decrease multipliers, and check each result with estimation.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 240 by 15%15\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 276276.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.15⋅240=360.15\cdot240=36, so the new value is 240+36=276240+36=276.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.15⋅240=360.15\cdot240=36, so the new value is 240+36=276240+36=276.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 80 by 12.5%12.5\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 9090.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.125⋅80=100.125\cdot80=10, so 80+10=9080+10=90.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.125⋅80=100.125\cdot80=10, so 80+10=9080+10=90.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 64 by 25%25\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 8080.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.25⋅64=160.25\cdot64=16, so 64+16=8064+16=80.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.25⋅64=160.25\cdot64=16, so 64+16=8064+16=80.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 500 by 8%8\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 540540.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.08⋅500=400.08\cdot500=40, so 500+40=540500+40=540.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.08⋅500=400.08\cdot500=40, so 500+40=540500+40=540.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 72 by 10%10\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 79.279.2.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.10⋅72=7.20.10\cdot72=7.2, so 72+7.2=79.272+7.2=79.2.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.10⋅72=7.20.10\cdot72=7.2, so 72+7.2=79.272+7.2=79.2.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 120 by 7.5%7.5\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 129129.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.075⋅120=90.075\cdot120=9, so 120+9=129120+9=129.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.075⋅120=90.075\cdot120=9, so 120+9=129120+9=129.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 250 by 18%18\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 295295.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.18⋅250=450.18\cdot250=45, so 250+45=295250+45=295.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.18⋅250=450.18\cdot250=45, so 250+45=295250+45=295.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the result of increasing 48 by 25%25\%?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 6060.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 0.25⋅48=120.25\cdot48=12, so 48+12=6048+12=60.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 0.25⋅48=120.25\cdot48=12, so 48+12=6048+12=60.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A number increases by 25%25\% to become 100. What was the original number?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 8080.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The new value is 1.251.25 times the original, so 100÷1.25=80100\div1.25=80.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The new value is 1.251.25 times the original, so 100÷1.25=80100\div1.25=80.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A value increases from 240 to 300. What is the percent increase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 25%25\%.

  1. Identify the original and new values: Determine which value is the original amount, which is the new amount, and whether the change is an increase or a decrease.
  2. Apply the percent relationship: The increase is 60. Relative to 240, 60240=0.25=25%\frac{60}{240}=0.25=25\%.
  3. Check the result: Use the original value as the denominator for percent change and verify the direction and size of the change.

The increase is 60. Relative to 240, 60240=0.25=25%\frac{60}{240}=0.25=25\%.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 7 Percent Increase and Decrease

What topics are covered?

The page covers percent increase, percent decrease, original and new values, multipliers, discounts, tax, salaries, populations, budgets, and successive percentage changes.

What value should be used for percent change?

Use the original value as the denominator: change divided by original, multiplied by 100 percent.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 7 Percent Increase and Decrease questions in total.