document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18337>Question 18337</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dear Tutors,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I feel so stupid but I just don't understand percentages at all.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, I may get a question like:  There were 150 people at a concert. 60 of the people there were female. What percentage were female. I know that you have to make a fraction with the two numbers 150/60 the divide then times by hundred. It's the times by a 100 bit I don't understand which bit are you supposed to times the numerator or the denominator???<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am 13 very confused and this is causing me to lose marks in my tests. When I ask my tutor she just says times by a hundred!! It is driving me crazy,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please help me I am desperate\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Carly (13) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #8776 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=pwac><B>pwac(253)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=pwac><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=8776\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi Carly<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you are heading in right direction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you need to divide 60 by 150<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%2F150 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%2F150\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "this gives 0.4 which means 0.4 of total were female.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To turn this to %age multiply by 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to give 40%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So your sum would look like:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2860%2F150%29%2A100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2860%2F150%29%2A100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= percentage<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pete </SPAN>\n" );
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