document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1123699>Question 1123699</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you have to work 420 minutes at your job tomorrow.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. What number of minutes corresponds to 1% of the total number of minutes you have to work tomorrow?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. To find the number in part (a), we can multiply 420 by what number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. If you have worked 1% of the total 420 minutes, what percent of the 420 minutes do you have left to work?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d. If you have worked 1% of the total 420 minutes, how many minutes do you have left to work?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e. To find the answer in part (d), we can multiply 420 by what number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. What number of minutes corresponds to 1% of the total number of minutes you have to work tomorrow? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1% of 420 = .01 * 420 = 4.2 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. To find the number in part (a), we can multiply 420 by what number? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you would multiply 420 by .01 which is 1% / 100.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1% means 1 per hundred = 1/100 = .01\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. If you have worked 1% of the total 420 minutes, what percent of the 420 minutes do you have left to work? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100% - 1% = 99%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have 99% of the 420 minutes left to work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "420 - 4.2 = 415.8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "99% / 100 = .99 * 420 = 415.8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d. If you have worked 1% of the total 420 minutes, how many minutes do you have left to work? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have 415.8 minutes left to work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e. To find the answer in part (d), we can multiply 420 by what number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you would multiply 420 by 99% / 100 = .99.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to find the decimal equivalent of a percent, you divide the percent by 100.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1% is therefore equal to .01.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "99% is therefore equal to .99.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100% is therefore equal to 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x% of something is therefore equal to x/100 times something.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10% of 100 = .10 * 100 = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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