SOLUTION: it says for percentages divide by 100 , what does that mean

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Question 300232: it says for percentages divide by 100 , what does that mean
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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25% means the same as 25%2F100 which reduces to 1%2F4

All three mean the same thing.

1. Twenty-five percent of a piece of pie.
2. Twenty-five one hundredths of a piece of pie.
3. One fourth of a piece of pie.

All those mean exactly the same thing.

The easy way to divide by 100 is to move the decimal two places to the left.

25% means 25.% [The decimal is invisible). Move the invisible decimal two
places left and make it visible, take away the % symbol and you have  .25,
which is the same thing as 25% and also the same thing as 25%2F100
which is also the same thing as 1%2F4.

Edwin