|
- Is it proper to state percentages greater than 100%? [closed]
This looks like a real question to me Unfortunately, because a moderator has closed it, I can't cite style guide discussions that distinguish between asserting that something has increased by more than 100% (valid) and asserting that something has decreased by more than 100% (invalid, unless negative numbers make sense in the context of the topic under discussion)
- The meaning of 0% and 100% as opposed to other percentages?
So you may refund all of a loan (with interests) without paying 100% of it: the rounding rule sometimes apply also with 100% (or 0%) When rounding the amount of killed bacteria you have to remember that you are talking about numbers that exceed hundreds of billions so 1% is still a large number of bacteria that will survive and multiply
- Correct usage of USD - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
100 clams 50 quid a stack of euros thick enough to choke a cow Share Improve this answer Follow
- How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?
100 trillion in most (non-English speaking) other places (Practical approach: The different naming patterns for large numbers obviously can lead to misunderstandings internationally, expressing large numbers in the unambiguous format of X ×10 y may be preferrable in these cases
- What was the first use of the saying, You miss 100% of the shots you . . .
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take 1991 Burton W Kanter, "AARP—Asset Accumulation, Retention and Protection," Taxes 69: 717: "Wayne Gretzky, relating the comment of one of his early coaches who, frustrated by his lack of scoring in an important game told him, 'You miss 100% of the shots you never take '"
- difference - a 100 meters race or a 100-meter race? - English Language . . .
So you should say "A 100-metre race" but "The race is 100 metres long" However there is a fair amount of variation and non-standard use among English speakers, so "a 100 metres race" could be called a variation rather than a mistake
- meaning - How to use tens of and hundreds of? - English Language . . .
In English, one would normally say "dozens of" rather than "tens of", so there is some overlap I might use "dozens of" for an amount between 36 (a dozen, two dozen, dozens ) and 132 (a dozen less than a gross), "scores of" for a number between 40 and 199, and "hundreds of" for values greater than that
- Why is a 100% increase the same amount as a two-fold increase?
Addition or subtraction which also increases or decreases the original number For example using a calculator you will get: 100 + 100 % = 200, 100 + 200 % = 300, 100 - 25 % = 75, and ect This is used with things like tax added to the original amount, profit gained on the stock market, salary increase, and etc
|
|
|