5000+(5000 x .08)= 5400
400
"percent" means "out of 100"20 percent of 5000 is:20/100 x 5000 = 1000Correct - as far as it goes.But the question was not 20 percent of 5000, it was 20 percent of 5000 percent.So the answer is 1000 percent. And that, in turn, gives the correct answer of 10
2.8% of 5000= 2.8% * 5000= 0.028 * 5000= 140
4000 Solution Method: 1. Convert 80% to decimal: 80 / 100 = .8 2 Compute answer: .8 * 5000 = 4000 Note: You could also obviously do it this way too: 80 / 100 * 5000 = .8 * 5000 = 4000 ============== Original Posters Answer: To calculate p% of a number, you need to multiply it by p and divide by 100, so 80% of 5000 is 5000 * (80 / 100) = 5000 * (4/5) = 4000
5000+(5000 x .08)= 5400
400
It's an 8% decrease.
It is 5000*[(1+8/100)2 - 1] = 5000*[1.1664 - 1] = 5000*0.1664 = 832
"percent" means "out of 100"20 percent of 5000 is:20/100 x 5000 = 1000Correct - as far as it goes.But the question was not 20 percent of 5000, it was 20 percent of 5000 percent.So the answer is 1000 percent. And that, in turn, gives the correct answer of 10
5000 is 5000*100 = 500000%
1015 / 5000 = 0.203 x 100 = 20.3 percent Therefore, 1015 is equal to 20.3 percent of 5000.
12% of 5000= 12% * 5000= 0.12 * 5000= 600
4.8% of 5000 = 4.8% * 5000 = 0.048 * 5000 = 240
18% of 5000= 18% * 5000= 0.18 * 5000= 900
2.8% of 5000= 2.8% * 5000= 0.028 * 5000= 140
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