Understanding percentages

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In the word 'percent' is the words 'per' and 'cent'. 'per' means every and 'cent' means 100. So it basically means every 100. That is why when you want to convert from a percent to a decimal you divide by a 100.

alexira [117]3 years ago

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To write a fraction as a percentage<span> you got to divide

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