Question

How do you calculate difference?

Answer 1

Percentage Change | Increase and Decrease

• First: work out the difference (increase) between the two numbers you are comparing.
• Increase = New Number - Original Number.
• Then: divide the increase by the original number and multiply the answer by 100.
• % increase = Increase ÷ Original Number × 100.

Answer 2

A N S W E R :

• When the difference between two values is divided by the average of the same values, a percentage difference calculation has occurred. The formula for percentage difference looks like this: Percentage difference = Absolute difference / Average x 100.