Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Changing numbers

Post your comments about the difference between 200 -> 300 & 100 -> 50.



For a change from 200 to 300:

  1. it increased by 50%
  2. it increased to 150% of the original
  3. it went up by 100 units
  4. It added 100 units
  5. it went up by 1/2 (from the base amount)
  6. The base amount was 66.66% of the final amount
  7. The base amount increased by 33.33% of the final amount
  8. The rate of increase is 50%
  9. There's a difference of more than 30% of the final

For a change from 100 to 50

  1. It decreased by 50%
  2. it is now (0).5 times the original value
  3. the final amount is half of the original amount
  4. it went down by 50 units
  5. it went down to 50 units
  6. it decreased by 1/2 of the based amount
  7. it dropped by the result of 2x = 100 (solve for x)
  8. The original value is twice the final amount
  9. The original value is double the final amount

4 comments:

Brett said...

x=200 y=100

A)x increased for 1.2x
y decreased for 1.2y

B)x increased for 50%
y decreased for 50%

C)50% of x toleranced
50% of y toleranced

D) in compare with final amount, 1/3 diffrence for x
in compare with final amount,1/2
diffrence for y
OR
33.33% for x
50% for y

Brett said...

Jorge & Andres & Denis
increase:
a 1/2 from the normal amount
a 100 units
50% from the normal amount
a 1.5 times
10 dosens more
a score a 100 points
+ 100
the result from this 100x+100x=300
decrease:
2 times
50%
.5 times
50 units down
2/4 from the normal patern
loses 50% of the normal amount
- 50
/ by 2
2x=100 of the amount

RATHA said...

- 100 is a double of 50.
- 50 is decrease 50%.
- 100 is twice 50.
- 100 minus 50.
- 200 rise to 100
- 200 is increase 50%
- 200 increase 66%.
- 1.5 of 200 increase.
- 200 is increase up to 300
Betty, Ratha Tanya,Mai

Brett said...

increase by 100

increase by 50%

add up to 300

the increasing rate is 50%

the figure is 1.5 times than before
-----------------------------------
decrease by 50

decrease by 50%

the decreasing rate is 50%

the figure is half of origin

the former figure is double than current figure

the figure is diveded by 5000