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#1326 2014-01-02 04:53:31

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Re: Mandy Jane's Corner

Hi Mandy. Happy new year. I will log on to here at 7pm tomorrow. Bye.

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#1327 2014-01-02 04:56:40

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Hi steveb mandy here thanks you. For the message see you on here at 7pm.  Tomorrow night ok

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#1328 2014-01-02 04:57:33

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Okay.

Here is a problem that I have just made up which brings together percentages and rounding concepts:

£600 is to be divided as follows:

Abigail is paid 75% of £600
Emma is paid 4% of £600
Michael is paid 2.5% of £600
Daniel is paid 18.5% of £600

How much money in pounds is each person paid ?

Give two reasons why it would not be a good idea to round the
percentages to the nearest whole number before doing the calculation
and give the figures involved in what would happen.

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#1329 2014-01-03 05:14:50

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hi steveb when you are on here at 7.00pm tonight can you show me how to do percentage please as i have for got ok? see you at 7.00pm ok/

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#1330 2014-01-03 05:47:44

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Are you able to do a problem like the one in my previous post, or is that one too difficult for you at the moment ?

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#1331 2014-01-03 05:51:41

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Hi steveb mandy here can we have a go at this tonight together please

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#1332 2014-01-03 05:53:47

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A good place to start would be to convert the percentages into a decimal format.
So what is 75% as a decimal ?

(75/100) = 0.75
....
Now what can you do with that result using a calculator to help?

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#1333 2014-01-03 07:02:54

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hi steveb is it 7.5 then

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#1334 2014-01-03 07:04:32

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No that is not what I meant. 0.75 is what I am calling 75% in decimal format.
Now we need to work out 75% of £600.

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#1335 2014-01-03 07:07:08

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what do i do then

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#1336 2014-01-03 07:08:10

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Do this on your calculator:

0.75 x 600 = .....

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#1337 2014-01-03 07:10:15

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0.75 x 600 = 450 now what

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#1338 2014-01-03 07:10:50

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Now what is 4% of £600 ?

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#1339 2014-01-03 07:12:48

mandy jane
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0.4 x 600 = 240

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#1340 2014-01-03 07:13:27

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I am afraid that is not quite right.

4% is not 0.4 it is 0.04

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#1341 2014-01-03 07:13:58

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2.5 x 600 =1500

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#1342 2014-01-03 07:14:53

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No 2.5 % is 0.025 not 2.5

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#1343 2014-01-03 07:16:03

mandy jane
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what am i doing wrong then

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#1344 2014-01-03 07:17:04

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With the 4% of 600 one you should have done this:

0.04 x 600 = .....

You did:

0.4 x 600 = .....

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#1345 2014-01-03 07:18:08

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With the 2.5 % of 600 you did:

2.5 x 600 = 1500

It was supposed to be:

0.025 x 600 = 15

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#1346 2014-01-03 07:19:39

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0.04 x 600 = 24

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#1347 2014-01-03 07:21:20

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What is 18.5% of £600 ?

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#1348 2014-01-03 07:22:50

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0.025 x 600 = 15

0.185 x 600 = 111

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#1349 2014-01-03 07:24:08

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Re: Mandy Jane's Corner

Good right so can you gather those answers together to answer the first part of the question:
Abigail is paid 75% of £600
Emma is paid 4% of £600
Michael is paid 2.5% of £600
Daniel is paid 18.5% of £600

How much money in pounds is each person paid ?

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#1350 2014-01-03 07:26:57

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abigail is paid £450
emma is paid £24
michael is paid £15
daniel is paid £111
am i right

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