Percentages:

• 10% increase
• 25 percent decrease
• increased by 15%
• dropped by 10 per cent
• fall at 50%
• reached to 75%
• tripled
• doubled
• one-fourth
• three-quarters
• half
• double fold
• treble
• 5 times higher
• 3 timers lower
• declined to about 49%
• stood exactly at 43%

Fractions:
4% = A tiny fraction.
10% = 1 in 10.
23% = Just under one in four.
24% = Almost a quarter.
25% = Exactly a quarter.
26% = Roughly one quarter.
32% = Nearly one-third, nearly a third.
34% = 1/3.
49% = Around a half, just under a half.
50% = Exactly a half.
51% = Just over a half.
64% = Under two thirds.
73% = Nearly three quarters.
75% = Exactly three quarters.
77% = Approximately three quarter, more than three-quarter.
79% = Well over three quarters.
90% = Nine out of ten.
92% = Over nine out of ten.

Proportions:
2% = A tiny portion, a very small proportion.
4% = An insignificant minority, an insignificant proportion.
16% = A small minority, a small portion.
70% = A large proportion.
72% = A significant majority, A significant proportion.
89% = A very large proportion.

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Be careful of the following common errors when describing changes in numbers.

There was an increase of 20% between 1955 and 2015. NOT an increase in 20%
There was an increase in obesity between 1955 and 2015. NOT increase of obesity