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sandymiss77

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more than 100%

What does it mean to have more than 100%?    Help me please I'm going nuts.  lol

Anakin

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Registered: 2009-10-04

Posts: 145

Re: more than 100%

I suppose to have more than 100% would mean that you now have more in comparison to your original amount.

So if you had 5 cookies before and now have 5 cookies, you have 100% of your cookies.
If you had 5 cookies and now have 10 cookies, you have 200% of the original amount of cookies.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: more than 100%

Hi sandymiss77;

To get a visual idea of it, go here:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/decim … -line.html

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gckc123

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Registered: 2009-10-19

Posts: 15

Re: more than 100%

Say for example,
you had $100 in your bank accout 1 year ago
and the bank pays you 4% interest
now you have $104 in your account
you can say that you have 104% of the original amount you put in your bank 1 year ago

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