SOLUTION: of the 958 tornadoes that occurred in the united states during 2006, 25.5% occurred during the month of April. How many tornadoes occurred during april 2006?

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Question 210404: of the 958 tornadoes that occurred in the united states during 2006, 25.5% occurred during the month of April. How many tornadoes occurred during april 2006?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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of the 958 tornadoes that occurred in the united states during 2006, 25.5% occurred during the month of April. How many tornadoes occurred during april 2006?
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0.255*958 = 244.29
Rounding down the answer is 244.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
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You will need to find 25.5% of 958.
Convert the percentage to its decimal equivalent and multiply. 25.5% = 0.255

Since you can't have 0.29 of a tornado, your answer would be:
24 tornadoes occured in April, 2006