[header] How to find percent increase [title] Gather the figures you are going to use, so that you can plug them into your percent increase formula. [step] This will require two numbers that indicate the same statistic or topic, usually gathered at two different dates. [title] Find a calculator. 
[step] A simple calculator on a phone or computer will also do. [title] Sit down with a pen, paper and calculator in order to write out your formula and solve it.