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#1 2006-03-07 09:09:42
- Sophie pledge
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Percentages
I have a job interview in the morning for a local bank
I cant for the life of me figure out percentages can anyone explain it simply and easily cos its really stressing me out 
thanks x
#2 2006-03-07 09:21:32
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Re: Percentages
If you have one cake and divide between people they get half each - this is fractions. 2 x 1/2 = 1 (two halfs equal one whole). Another way to look at it is to say they get 50% each because just as 1/1 is a whole cake, 100% is also the whole cake. Since 50 is half of one hundred and they each get half of the cake, they are receiving 50% of the cake each.
You can also look at it as 1/2 (one divided by two) = 0.5! 1.00 is the whole cake and 0.50 is half of it i.e. 50%.
Go to www.google.com and have a look for GCSE mathematics material and I'm sure you will come up trumps.
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#3 2006-03-07 09:25:16
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Re: Percentages
Do you understand fractions?
If you do, then I think this will help you:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/percentage.html
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#4 2006-03-07 09:27:21
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Re: Percentages
If you don't, go here:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/number_algebra.html
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#5 2006-03-07 09:33:33
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Re: Percentages
Or in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage
And fractions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraction_%28mathematics%29
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#6 2006-03-07 09:58:40
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Re: Percentages
I know I sound a total dunce 
so how could i figure out 8per cent of £20 etc
#7 2006-03-07 11:20:38
- RickyOswaldIOW
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Re: Percentages
find 1% of £20 i.e. divide it by 100.
20/100 = 0.2 (20 pence) == 1% of £20
now multiply this by 8 to find 8%.
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#8 2006-03-07 11:20:41
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Re: Percentages
First figure out what 1% is by dividing by 100.
£20 ÷ 100 = 20p.
Then multiply by the percentage.
20p x 8 = 160p = £1.60.
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#9 2006-03-07 11:29:55
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Re: Percentages
beat ya mathsy 
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#10 2006-03-07 11:55:54
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Re: Percentages
They both did it by going to 1% first, but you can also just turn 8% into a fraction.
Just put 8/100 (simplified as 2/25) and you will find out that fraction is equal to .08
Multiply .08 by 20 to get 1.6
Or you could simply move the decimal point... 8% is technically 8.0%, and if you want to convert that to a decimal, move the decimal point to spaces to the left, making it .08, and multiply that by 20 to get 1.6.
Other examples of moving the decimal point are 50% is equal to 50.0% move it 2 to the left and you get .5... .5 is equal to 1/2 and half of 20 is 10, so 50% of 20 would be 10.
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#11 2006-03-07 12:54:34
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Re: Percentages
beat ya mathsy
Yes, you're 3 seconds faster than me. Well done. 
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#12 2006-03-07 18:03:33
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Re: Percentages
Or you can multiply 20 by 0.08.
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