For the value of working on it today, the top category went from 8% to 27%
could be changed to either
For the value of working on it today, the top category went from 1% to 8%
or something like
The proposition that it was more or much more valuable to work on today (relative to other problems) went from 9% to 27%
depending on whether you want to preserve Katja’s words or (almost) preserve her numbers.
could be changed to either
or something like
depending on whether you want to preserve Katja’s words or (almost) preserve her numbers.