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11 Percentages
Percentages are used, instead of actual numbers, in articles in Key words
newspapers and magazines, on television or on the internet.
Make sure you learn and
Percentages are easier to interpret than the actual numbers if
understand these key words:
you want to:
percentage
r describe one number as a fraction of another
increase
r describe an increase or a decrease
decrease
r compare two different fractions or two different increases
reduction
or decreases.
In this unit you will learn how to calculate percentages in realistic
situations and begin to appreciate how useful they are.
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