Question

What is the percent of increase from 60 to 75?

Answer 1

15

Answer 2

15 is 1/4 of 60.

1/4 in terms of percentages = ? %

Answer 3

Lackofname has correctly identified the INCREASE from 60 to 75, but that 15 is not the "percentage increase."

To calculate the "percentage increase," I'd prefer the simpler form\[\frac{ 15 }{ 60 }*100 percent=?\]

Answer 4

... which is, of course, exactly equivalent to the result you'd get by following Solomon's guidance.