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What is the Percentage Difference from 37 to 42?

From 37 to 42 is a 13.5135% increase

Change
13.5135%
Difference
5
New ÷ old
1.135135
Direction
increase

Sumwise · Checked by Theo Abbott · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How we check it

How to work it out

  1. Difference: 42 − 37 = 5
  2. Divide by the starting value: 5 ÷ 37 = 0.135135
  3. Multiply by 100: 13.5135%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 37 × (1 + 0.135135) = 37 × 1.135135 = 42.

In a spreadsheet: =(42-37)/37*100. Always divide by the starting value, not the new one. A rise from 40 to 50 is +25%, but the fall from 50 back to 40 is −20%.

What the result means

The new value is 1.1351 times the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 113.5135.

Prices: an item whose price rises from $37 to $42 has gone up by 13.5135%.

Why the change back is different

A 13.5135% rise followed by a 13.5135% fall does not bring you back to 37: it gives 36.3243. The second percentage is taken of 42, not of 37, so to undo this change you need 11.9048% instead.

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Questions

What is the Percentage Difference from 37 to 42?

Going from 37 to 42 is a 13.5135% increase. Formula and steps.

Is going from 37 to 42 an increase or a decrease?

An increase: the value grew by 5, which is 13.5135% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 42 back to 37?

-11.9048%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 42, not 37.