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#1 Introductions » New to the forum » 2010-06-04 03:45:34
- ReflectionsInInk
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Hi all!
I'm kinda new to the forum and wanted to say hey, and thanks for the help I've already gotten. I love math but still figuring some of it out. I love the site math is fun! Because, math really is fun!
Cheers all!:D
#2 Re: Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-06-01 08:59:10
Bobbym,
Hi, thank you!
#3 Re: Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-06-01 08:57:35
Hi;
You are confusing percentages with quotients and remainders. In some programming languages like C++ and Java, % stands for modulo or remainder.
425 % 35 = 5 because 425 when divided bt 35 leaves a remainder of 5.
--Slaps self on head-- Ohh okay now it's makes sense. My bad. Thank you. 
#4 Re: Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-06-01 08:54:53
Hi;
You are confusing percentages with quotients and remainders.
Yeah, though it would be nice if they wouldn't put the percentage on there so it that "LOOKS" like a percentage.
#5 Re: Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-06-01 08:51:27
ReflectionsInInk wrote:425 % 35= 420 r 5 or 420 reminder 5.
That's what I was thinking, looking at it again, now it might show up as percentage but it doesn't read or figure like percentage.
#6 Re: Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-06-01 08:44:36
Hi Ms. Ink;
Glad to help if I did. I have one small problem, what do you mean by
425 % 35= 420 r 5 or 420 reminder 5.
I am not following that at all. Is it a question or an answer? What is it an answer to?
Oh sorry Bobbym, upon reading my last post I see what you mean, I did not post everything. In to big of a hurry.
The problem was this>> 425 % 35 =
With four options to choose from.
a. 12 remainder 10
b. 12
c. 5 remainder 12
d. 12 remainder 5
Answer should be A. 12 Reminder 10
#7 Re: Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-05-31 09:48:57
Hi ReflectionsInInk;
Welcome to the forum! Can you be a little more specific? So I can help. Do you have a problem like 23% of something?
Say you needed 43% of 125 dollars. You convert the 43% into a decimal by dividing by 100.
43% / 100 = .43 Now you multiply.
.43 * 125 = 53.75 and converted back to money 53 dollars and 75 cents.
Say a pair of pants is marked down 12%. The original price is $31.00. What do you expect to pay for the pants?
Hi Bobby,
I kept trying until I got the answer, I guess I needed to look at it with a clear head, or learn MORE 
The problem> 425 % 35= 420 r 5 or 420 reminder 5.
Thank you!:D
Ms. Ink
#8 Help Me ! » Problem with Percentages » 2010-05-30 14:23:17
- ReflectionsInInk
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I need some help with Percentages, I don't know that much about math. I pretty much every other area in math figured out but this one, and the explanations I get for it don't help. I always get the beginning and then get given the end result but no way to figure it out for myself.
Any help at all would be very much appreciated!!
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