What is 98% more than 1170?

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faiqraees · Answer

find the 98 percent of 1170 and add that into 1170?
Clear or more explanation?

wcrmelissa2001 · Answer

Lemme justexplain in detail to make sure...
Ok so first you need to find 1%. Since 1170 is 100%, to find 1%
1170/100 = 11.7

98% more than 100% is 198%. 
11.7*198=2,316.6

anonymous · Answer

That's exactly what I thought! I was wondering if I had to multiply 1170 and 98 to get 98% of 1170 and then add the total to 1170? It just didn't sound too right so I wasn't sure. 

So 98% of 1170 is: 98 x 170 = 114660

114660 + 1170 = 115830

Is that correct?

anonymous · Answer

@wcrmelissa2001 answer is a bit confusing... I mean I understand, but how do you apply that to the question?

faiqraees · Answer

no you have to find out 98 PERCENT of 1170 which is
$$\large\rm \frac{98}{100}*1170=1146.6 $$Now add this into 1170
$$\large\rm 1170+1146.6=2316.6 $$

faiqraees · Answer

Got it? Or more explanation?

abdullahm · Answer

Another way to do it:

98% more than 1170

That's the same as calculating:

(98% * 1170) +1170

Which is the same as:

198% * 1170

That's because 98% more of 1170 is 198% of 1170.

phi · Answer

***That's exactly what I thought! I was wondering if I had to multiply 1170 and 98 ***

Just to repeat what people have said:  you don't multiply by 98 , you multiply by 98/100
98 per cent  is Latin for 98 per hundred  or  98 out of a hundred.  i.e. 98/100

phi · Answer

also, the question
What is 98% more than 1170?

is "leaving out" some words (which they assume you can figure out)

To be more clear, they could say
what is 98% (of 1170) more than 1170?

sparrow2 · Answer

actually it depends how you ask a question. suppose that number is x and it is 98%(of this numebr,not 1170) more than 1170 so we got x-x*0,98=1170 x=1170*50

sparrow2 · Answer

so let's consider the following example: suppose we have two numbers 8 and 10.if you say,how many persent is 8 less then 10? we know that the difference is 2,but when we asked for percent what should we take 2/8 =20%  or 2/10=25%? i think the first one,because you speak form 8's perpective.if i sad with how many percent is 10 greater then 8, i would choose 2/10=25% because we speak from 10's percpective.

sparrow2 · Answer

for your example you speak from the perspective of that unknown number

anonymous · Answer

Ohhhh, okay! Thank you guys! I understand now! :)