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How does identifying the part and whole help you to write the percent portion?
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∙ 9y ago
Because a percentage is worked out thus:
(the part/the whole) * 100 = the percentage portion.
Thus if the part was 5
and the whole was 10
The percentage would be (5/10)*100 = 50%
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How do you write 180 as a percent?
You cannot write it as a percent until you know what part it is of a whole. However, if we assume that 180 is the only number, then it is 100% of 180. Therefore, we write 180 as 100%
How do you write 500 percent as an integer?
500% as an integer or whole number is 5
How do you write 120 percent as a decimal?
Since 100% is one as a whole, 120% is 1.20 as a decimal.
What are three ways you can write a part of a whole?
1) fraction 2) decimal 3) percent
what is the percent of 5000000?
That depends if you are looking to write the whole number 5,000,000 as a percent or 5 millionths as a percent. The percent form of 5,000,000 is 5000000.00, while 5 millionths of something would be 0.0000002.
How do you write 2.85 as a percent?
to write it as a percent, you need to know the whole. So 2.85 out of what?
How do you write 7.5 as a whole percent?
750%
What is 25 percent in a whole number?
As a whole number, you can write 25 percent as 25%. As a part of a whole number, you'd write 25% of it as .25% or one quarter -- 1/4, of the whole number.
What 2 numbers do you need to write a percent?
A part and a whole.
How do you write 180 as a percent?
You cannot write it as a percent until you know what part it is of a whole. However, if we assume that 180 is the only number, then it is 100% of 180. Therefore, we write 180 as 100%
How do you write 500 percent as an integer?
500% as an integer or whole number is 5
How do you write 70 percent as a whole number?
As it is less than 100 % then it is not a whole number. Written as 0.70 or 0.7
How do you write 100 percent as a whole number?
100% is just 1. Think this way, 100 percent is the whole thing: two halves, three thirds, etc.
How do you write 120 percent as a decimal?
Since 100% is one as a whole, 120% is 1.20 as a decimal.
What are three ways you can write a part of a whole?
1) fraction 2) decimal 3) percent
what is the percent of 5000000?
That depends if you are looking to write the whole number 5,000,000 as a percent or 5 millionths as a percent. The percent form of 5,000,000 is 5000000.00, while 5 millionths of something would be 0.0000002.
How do you convert 42 percent into a whole number?
The smallest whole number is ' 1 '. 42% is another way to write the number 0.42 and that's less than ' 1 ' . So 42 percent doesn't have what it takes to be a whole number, no matter what you do to it.
