Percent Word Problems?
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#1)  We know that 80% were not festive (100% total -20% festive).  Use the equation Percent x of = is.\nIn this case .80 x People at fair = 1400. OR:\nPeople at fair = 1400/.80 = 1750\n\n#2) Same as above\nTotal = 160/.4 or 400\nWood nymphs = 400-160 = 240\n\n#3)Last years + 45% of Last years = This years\nLY + .45LY = 140795 or\n1.45LY = 140795 or\nLY = 140795/1.45 or 97100\n\n#4) % killed x Legion = # Killed\n.10 x L = 590 or\nL = 590/.1 or 5900\nLeft = Legion - killed\nLeft = 5900-590 or 5310
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spelling is incorrect..it should be download
792123
for the first type of problem--60% of ? =45, you take 60% (which is the same as .6) and make the ? an x.  Of always means multiply, so it becomes .6x=45.  simply divide both sides by .6 and x=75. \n\nFor the second type--what % of 90 is 63, you just set it up the same way.  90X=45.  divide by 90 and you get .5 or 50%\n\nThe final type--39% of 1500, you simply multiply .39 by 1500 to get 585\n\nNow that you know how to do each type of problem, simply plug the right numbers into the equations and finish your homework.  Good luck.
911609
The other guys have given the straight answer...  7/100.\nHowever, the important thing here is that you understand what % means.  If you memorize answers to example problems or just look for the pattern, you risk never understanding the basic concept.\n% means PARTS PER HUNDRED. \nTherefor, 7% means 7 parts per hundred.  \nIn all your word problems, "per" means divsion.\nSo 7 parts per 100 means 7/100.\nThe decimal equivalent is found by doing the division of 7/100 and you will get .07
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Thank You!  I thought I was going crazy.  The same exact thing happens to me when I use spell check.  If it finds a word that is misspelled,and you change it, it doesn't change the word, but some other word and messes up the text. I don't use it anymore, I have a link to www.dictionary.com on my toolbar now.
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if they can spell: 1.3%\nif they can't: 3%
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The previous answer looks good.\nI do have a question on the statement of the problems.\n\nWhen you say 90% are good do you mean that exactly 90% are good or that at least 90% are good?\n\nThe answer above covers exactly 90%.\nFor "at least 90%" you need to add up up p(0)+...+p(10).
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The correct answer is 68%. Good luck on the game!
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Twenty cents and a misspelling?
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tnx 4 corectin da typos miss manager. but, hey dnt swear it s*hit hapens. im cool. try not 2 drift out of da pic & motivate peeps 2 keep writing. da otha day wen i was tryin 2 write sumfin in ere a godam msge apeared sayin i woz not a memba. i hada hell of trouble getin round it. seems u aint got round 2 it yet.\nbut dnt botha, a u c, everyfin is in place now & if it was u who fixed it, den gud stuff. keep up da gud work
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A percentage is just a way of expressing something in fraction of 1/100\n\n50% (half) is 50 hundredths, right?\n\nso if you wish to express 1,844 out of 61,853 as a percentage, convert it to hundredths:\n\n(1,844 divided by 61,853) X 100 = 2.98%
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When I do word problems, I break it down into manageable chunks.  After reading the entire problem once to get a sense of what I'm dealing with, I re-read each sentence one at a time and try to write down in mathematical terms what each sentence is saying.  Often each sentence is only a portion of the overall equation, but I find if I tackle it like this, I can piece together the overall equation by looking at all the partial equations I got from each sentence.\n\nHope this helps a little.  Good luck!\n\n~ ♥ ~
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hmm..well this might be an easy fix if you have a calculator\n\nsimply multiply the total by 0.1.  the answer will be 10 percent of the total.\n\nhope this helps\n\nexample: 132.00  x 0.1 = 13.20    which is 10%
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See if this helps\n\nIn British English, percent is usually written as two words (per cent). In American English, percent is the most common variant. In the early part of the twentieth century, there was a dotted abbreviation form per cent., which came from the original Latin per centum. The concept of considering values as parts of a hundred is originally Greek.\n\nThe symbol for percent "%", evolved from a symbol similar except for a horizontal line instead of diagonal (c. 1650), which in turn evolved from an abbreviation of "P cento" (c. 1425). Traditionally, the symbol follows the number to which it applies.\n\nIn Unicode, there is also an "ARABIC PERCENT SIGN" ("٪"U+066A), which has the circles replaced by square dots set on edge.
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15/100ths or simplified 3/20...all answers were wrong
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take 35-3, which is 32.  then divide 32 by 35.  you'll get a decimal answer,  move the decimal to the right 2 spaces and that's your percent
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That answer doesn't seem right.\n\n2/3% = .66% =.0066\n\n.0066(?) = 33.3\n? = 33.3/.0066\n?= 5045\n\n(very rough)\n\nHere's some finesse\n\n((2/3)/100)?=33.3\n((2/3)/(100/1))?=33.3\n((2/3)*(1/100))?=33.3\n(2/300)?=33.3\n?=33.3*(300/2)\n?=33.3*150\n4995=?