document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=994681>Question 994681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Estimate the following percentages without using a calculator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.99% of 83,583<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% of 5,008,340<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.52% of 472,028 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #613688 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=613688\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first one is 1% less than all of it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If all is 83,583, 1% is two decimal places less, or 835.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract that from 83,583 and you get 82718.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You probably can use 84,000-840 for this problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20% of anything is 1/5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 of 5 million is one million.  That is a decent estimate.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The third one is about a half, and half of 472,028--use 470,000, and half of that is 235,000.  This is an estimate, but it is a good one. </SPAN>\n" );
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