Number of employees when i initially started = 500 Percentage increase in the number of employees = 35% Then Increase in the number of employees = (35/100) * 500 = 35 * 5 = 175 So the total number of employees = 500 + 175 = 675 So now we have a total of 675 employees. I hope the procedure is not that complicated for you to understand. You can generally use this method for solving similar type of problems in future without requiring any help from anyone.