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By A Maths Teacher | Published: 30/11/2012
10% Sales Tag - find 10% of an amount

  To find a percentage of any amount, start by finding 10% Finding 10% is easy – just divide the amount by 10 So, to find 10% of 120, all you do is 120 ÷ 10 = 12 So, 10% of 120 = 12 If we need to find 30% of an amount, we still […]

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Percentages

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 10/10/2012
Percentages

Percentages – Its all in the name: Per as in ‘out of’ and cent as in ‘century’ ‘dollars (or Euros) and cents’ ‘Centurion’ and ‘hundred’ in French. Percent means: ‘out of 100’ So to turn a percentage into a fraction, just shove it over one hundred: 58% = 58⁄100 … … but don’t forget to […]

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