Question

The Us based motorcycles says that it expects to build 147,000 motorcycles this year, up from 137,000 last year. Find the percent of increase in production.

Answer 1

The answer should be about 7.3%. You can divide 147000 by 137000 to get about 1.0729. Subtract the one (as it represents 100%) and then convert the decimal into a percent. So 0.0729 would convert to 7.29%, but typically this would be rounded up to 7.3%. If it does not say to round up then don't.