Question

explain how you can determine what number goes in the numerator and what number in the denomenator for a percent problem

Answer 1

What does the word "percent" mean?

Answer 2

amount?

Answer 3

No, not directly...

Answer 4

"percent" is TWO words "per" and "cent" right?

Answer 5

cent means 100, as in 100 cents = 1 dollar

Answer 6

while "per" refers to the denominator of a quotient, right?

Answer 7

Recall: price per item :)

Answer 8

per cent: in or for every hundered

Answer 9

so for example \(3\%\) means \(3\) out of \(100\) or \(\frac{3}{100}=0.03\)

Answer 10

and \(20\%\) is \(\frac{20}{100}=\frac{1}{5}=0.2\)

Answer 11

it is not exactly clear what the question is, but i hope those examples helped