im having trouble with percentages. help
S sallywhisperpepper95 New member Joined Oct 29, 2009 Messages 1 Oct 29, 2009 #1 im having trouble with percentages. help
M masters Full Member Joined Mar 30, 2007 Messages 378 Oct 29, 2009 #2 sallywhisperpepper95 said: im having trouble with percentages. help Click to expand... Hey sally, Can you be a bit more specific? We'd love to help if we knew what your problems were.
sallywhisperpepper95 said: im having trouble with percentages. help Click to expand... Hey sally, Can you be a bit more specific? We'd love to help if we knew what your problems were.
D Denis Senior Member Joined Feb 17, 2004 Messages 1,707 Oct 29, 2009 #3 In a barrel of 100 apples, 13 apples are rotten. So 13% of the apples are rotten: 13 per hundred ; get it? Evert time you see %, remember it means PER HUNDRED.
In a barrel of 100 apples, 13 apples are rotten. So 13% of the apples are rotten: 13 per hundred ; get it? Evert time you see %, remember it means PER HUNDRED.
D Deleted member 4993 Guest Oct 29, 2009 #4 Visit: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/percents.htm and go through the worked out examples.
D dhuill New member Joined Oct 31, 2009 Messages 6 Oct 31, 2009 #5 Solve all percent problems by setting up ana easy proportion: Part percent Part number -------------- = --------------- Whole perecent Whole number Cross multple. It works for all types of percent problems --- commercial removed--- Thanks Trev
Solve all percent problems by setting up ana easy proportion: Part percent Part number -------------- = --------------- Whole perecent Whole number Cross multple. It works for all types of percent problems --- commercial removed--- Thanks Trev