Enter starting value and final value to find percentage decrease. Percent decrease 100 - new old 100 where new is the newer quantity or measure and old is the older quantity or measure. Work out the difference decrease between the two numbers you are comparing.
Price percentage increase from old value of 1000 to new value of 1200 is caluclated by.
Percentage increase 1200 - 1000 1000 100 02 100 20. Percent decrease 100 - new old 100 where new is the newer quantity or measure and old is the older quantity or measure. Find the difference between two numbers in this case its 10 - 2 8. So if the percentage you want to decrease a number by is 10 the remaining percentage is 90.