An education budget went from $800,000 to $900,000. what is the approximate percent increase? the approximate percent increase is 13%. the approximate percent increase is 89%. the approximate percent increase is 98%. the approximate percent increase is 113%.

The answer is 13%. The amount of increase is 900,000-800,000=100,000. The percent increase is relative to the original number, 800,000, so the budget has increased by 100,000/800,000=0.125, or 12.5 percent. We round this up, so the answer is approximately 13%. We can also immediately eliminate b, c, and d, since they are almost about 100%, or doubling the original amount. However, 900,000 is clearly much smaller than twice 800,000 (1,600,000).

Just divide the x axis (the top) by 2 or multiply the y axis (the bottom) by 2