What is the percentage increase from $1-$25,000?

Question

What is the percentage increase from $1-$25,000?

Answer 1

First subtract 25,000 - 1 to find the increase, 24,999. Then divide the increase, 24,999, by the number you started with, 1. "Per cent" means per hundred, so move the decimal point two places to the right, for 2,499,900 per cent. Every place is a factor of 10, so two places is a factor of 100.  If you meant how much is the decrease (not increase), the difference is the same, but the sign would be negative.

If you do it quickly, the larger number over the smaller, you will need to subtract 1, since you want the increase, not including 100% of the starting number or 1. This is useful for an Excel formula.

Answer 2

Something like 2.5 million percent increase.