document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=258>Question 258</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you do persentages?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A percentage shows you how many parts from the whole  you have. 100%  or 1 mean the complete quantity. A percentage is the top part of a fraction whose bottom part is 100. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  For example,  there are  100 pens in a bag. if you take one  pen it is 1 %  or 1/100; if you take 50 pens it is 50% or 50/100 = 1/2 and so on. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finding the Percent of a Number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To determine the percent of a number do the following steps:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.Multiply the number by the percent (e.g. 40* 20% = 800)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.Divide the answer by 100 (Move decimal point two places to the left) (e.g. 800/100 = 8) </SPAN>\n" );
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