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The word percent comes from a Latin phrase meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Any percent is a number divided by:Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement about a percent is correct?Read the answer and worked solution →Seventy per cent of 3,500 is:Read the answer and worked solution →One hundred and fifty-six per cent of 720 is:Read the answer and worked solution →If 35 per cent of a total is 70, the decimal form of the percent is:Read the answer and worked solution →A reduction in the price of something is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The price left after a discount is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →In a discount problem, the original price plays the role of the:Read the answer and worked solution →A 25 per cent discount on a price of $75.80 gives a discount of:Read the answer and worked solution →A 30 per cent discount on a price of $168.90 gives a discount of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is determined entirely using percent?Read the answer and worked solution →Where do most people first meet percentages?Read the answer and worked solution →In a science experiment, the quantity often computed is percent:Read the answer and worked solution →Percent comes from the Latin per centum, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →A percent is a number divided by:Read the answer and worked solution →Must a percent always be a whole number below 100?Read the answer and worked solution →Before calculating with a percent, it must be changed to a decimal or:Read the answer and worked solution →To convert a percent to decimal form you divide it by:Read the answer and worked solution →The decimal form of 17 per cent is:Read the answer and worked solution →The decimal form of 7 per cent is:Read the answer and worked solution →The decimal form of 18.45 per cent is:Read the answer and worked solution →A quick way to convert percent to decimal is to move the decimal:Read the answer and worked solution →A reduction in the price of something is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The price after a discount is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →In a discount calculation, the original price plays the role of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The price a retailer pays for goods is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The increase a retailer adds over the cost is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The price a retailer charges the consumer is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Markup differs from discount in that markup is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The word percent comes from a Latin phrase meaning:

  1. By the hundred
  2. By the thousand
  3. By the quantity
  4. By the quotient
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Correct answer: A. By the hundred

1. The Latin phrase is per centum. 2. It fixes the base of the comparison. 3. It means by the hundred. _Source: OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics, Ch 6 'Money Management'_

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Any percent is a number divided by:

  1. 900
  2. 100
  3. 200
  4. 500
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Correct answer: B. 100

1. The Latin root sets the base. 2. A percent is always measured against that base. 3. So a percent is a number divided by 100. _Source: OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics, Ch 6 'Money Management'_

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Which statement about a percent is correct?

  1. It must be under 100
  2. It must be over 100
  3. It may exceed 100
  4. It must equal 100
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Correct answer: C. It may exceed 100

1. A percent need not be a whole number. 2. Nor is it bounded above by the base. 3. So it may be greater than 100. _Source: OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics, Ch 6 'Money Management'_

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