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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Percentage or percent (English speaker)
Which is the correct answer please?
1 He's one percent/percentage/percentage point better than him. He's ranked 93, his opponent 94.
2The team shot 2 percent/percentage points worse than their opponent.
3 You have 5 percent of battery on your computer to finish up your work. I don't have the charger with me.
What percentage/percent of the movie has downloaded?
If using percentage in a question, you have to use percent in the answer right as in the following:
What percentage of women go back to work after giving birth?
20 percent go back to work.
How come in the question "percentage" is used and in the answer "percent"?
Thank you so much
1 He's one percent/percentage/percentage point better than him. He's ranked 93, his opponent 94.
2The team shot 2 percent/percentage points worse than their opponent.
3 You have 5 percent of battery on your computer to finish up your work. I don't have the charger with me.
What percentage/percent of the movie has downloaded?
If using percentage in a question, you have to use percent in the answer right as in the following:
What percentage of women go back to work after giving birth?
20 percent go back to work.
How come in the question "percentage" is used and in the answer "percent"?
Thank you so much
Top answer
g. 50/100ths or one half. e.
- g.
- 50/100ths or one half.
- e.
- 50%.
- When you ask a question about a portion of something, you don't know the answer, so you must use percentage.
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Percentage refers to a part of a total expressed in 100ths e.g. 50/100ths or one half.
Perecent is the number that represents that amount i.e. 50%.
When you ask a question about a portion of something, you don't know the answer, so you must use percentage.
When you answer the question you know the exact number that represents that portion so you use percent.
Perecent is the number that represents that amount i.e. 50%.
When you ask a question about a portion of something, you don't know the answer, so you must use percentage.
When you answer the question you know the exact number that represents that portion so you use percent.
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Could you please tell me how you would say each sentence please?
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