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A teacher explains that the word percent is really two words meaning per one:Read the answer and worked solution →Because a percent is a ratio out of a hundred, the denominator when you write it as a fraction is:Read the answer and worked solution →A shop label reads 45 percent. Written as a decimal, the point moves two places to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Going the other way, a decimal becomes a percent when the point moves two places to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Everyday uses of percent are listed as interest, discount, sales tax and:Read the answer and worked solution →A pair of trainers marked 60 pounds is reduced by 25 percent. The money taken off is:Read the answer and worked solution →An amount of discount is described as a percent off which price?Read the answer and worked solution →Sometimes a shop takes a fixed sum off instead of a percentage. That kind of discount is a fixed:Read the answer and worked solution →The price a retailer pays a supplier for an item is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Comparing the two, the list price should always be:Read the answer and worked solution →A salesperson earns a percentage of everything she sells. That payment is a:Read the answer and worked solution →An agent sells 2,000 pounds of goods at a commission rate of 5 percent. She earns:Read the answer and worked solution →An equation stating that two ratios or rates are equal is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →To test whether a proportion is true, a student multiplies each denominator by the opposite numerator. Those products are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Money invested is called the principal. Interest worked out from principal, rate and time in this way is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A saver puts 500 pounds away for 2 years at 4 percent simple interest each year. The interest earned is:Read the answer and worked solution →A bill of 80 pounds carries a 10 percent service charge. The charge added is:Read the answer and worked solution →A class of 40 pupils grows to 50 the next year. Working out how much it has grown in percentage terms is finding the percent:Read the answer and worked solution →A student is told percent problems can also be set up as a pair of equal ratios. That approach uses:Read the answer and worked solution →A shirt costs 250 pounds wholesale and is marked up by 100 pounds. Compared with half the wholesale price, that mark-up is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the percent usesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the shop wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the percent gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the percent wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Goes up or comes offRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the money wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Percent bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A teacher explains that the word percent is really two words meaning per one:

  1. Hundred
  2. Thousand
  3. Million
  4. Hundreds
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Correct answer: A. Hundred

1. The word splits into per and cent. 2. Cent points to a hundred. 3. It means per one hundred. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 6, Percents._

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Because a percent is a ratio out of a hundred, the denominator when you write it as a fraction is:

  1. Just ten
  2. One hundred
  3. One thousand
  4. Just twelve
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Correct answer: B. One hundred

1. Per cent fixes the bottom number. 2. The top is the percent itself. 3. It is one hundred. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 6, Percents._

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A shop label reads 45 percent. Written as a decimal, the point moves two places to the:

  1. To the left
  2. To the middle
  3. To the top
  4. To the right
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Correct answer: A. To the left

1. Dividing by a hundred makes it smaller. 2. Two places are moved. 3. It moves to the left two places. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 6, Percents._

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