Attendance at the homecoming game decreased from 5760 fans last year to 4320 fans this year. How do you find the percent of decrease?

1 Answer
Oct 2, 2015

The number of fans decreased by 25% since last year.

Explanation:

The number of fans decreased from 5760 to 4320 over one year.
That makes a difference of 5760-4320=1440 between this year and last year.
Compare this difference with the original number of fans and you will obtain the following ratio: 1440/5760=1/4
Multiply this ratio by 100 and you obtain the percentage of decrease: 1/4*100=25