'Percent' means
AFor every hundred
BFor every fifty only
CFor every ten only
DFor every thousand only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. For every hundred
1. Section 9.1 defines percent.
2. The chapter explains percent as 'for every hundred'.
3. So 8 percent means 8 out of 100.
4. Hence option A is correct.
_Source: Selina Concise Mathematics Class 8, Ch 9 Percent and Percentage (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section 9.1_
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