I took the practice CT aptitude test today (CAPT).
On one of the questions, it asked to find the percentage of female students enrolled in a class.
To answer the question, I had to bubble in 25%. However, it was a bubble in so I could not write 25%. So which way is the proper way to write this: 25 or .25
By the way, I wrote .25
2007-02-05 10:00:48 · 5 answers · asked by sebby_man 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It all depends on the exact wording of what they wanted, I'd assume. If they ask for "what percent" of studdents, then it would be 25%, which would be 1 out of 4. If you selected "0.25%" that would be 1 quarter of 1 percent of students, a much different number.
You are right that 25% should be written as 0.25 when you are doing calculations, but it doesn't seem like that is the question being asked of you.
Hope that helps.
2007-02-05 10:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by William W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a poorly worded question... The decimal equivalent of 25% is 0.25 HOWEVER, if they just want the percentage, it could be 25 (just without the % sign)... I'm not sure what the correct answer was supposed to be.
2007-02-05 18:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mathematica 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You chose the right answer. The answer of 25 is 2500% whereas .25 is 25%
2007-02-05 18:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by tennis4bds 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.25 looks good to me.
2007-02-05 18:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were correct.
2007-02-05 18:06:15 · answer #5 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋