3 1/2 % --> 0.035 ; 0.035 * 18900000 = 661500
No 5 percent is five times 1 percent just a 5 is 5 times 1. Half of 1 percent is 0.5 percent.
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5 percent is less than one half
It is: 30.
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5.5%
2.5%
"half"You can also write fifty percent.
Find out 10 percent of it and then half it, and you'll have 5 percent of 90
.5% of 40 = .005 x 40 =.2 Another way to think of it: .5% is half a percent. One percent of 40 is .4; half of that is .2
Five and a half percent is .055 as a decimal.
Well, honey, 5 half percent is the same as 2.5 percent. So, 2.5 percent of 1200 is 30. You could have just asked for 2.5 percent instead of trying to sound all fancy with "5 half percent."