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).
Why is "a 100% increase" the same amount as "a two-fold increase"?
2012年11月15日 · 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.
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Is there a word for "25 years" like "bicentennial" for 200 years? Is it ...
2012年2月29日 · If semicentennial (semi-, precisely half, + centennial, a period of 100 years) is 50 years, then quarticentennial (quart-, a combining form meaning "a fourth," + centennial) is properly the -ennial word meaning 25 years (and arguably more correct than quadrancentennial, since there is no combining form of quadrant).
How to write numbers and percentage? - English Language
2019年7月27日 · [Relevant examples;] 1%[;] 45%[;] 100%. In discussions involving infrequent use of numbers you may spell out a percentage or an amount of money if you can do so in three words or fewer (five dollars, forty-five percent, two thousand dollars, sixty-eight cents). Do no combine spelled forms of numbers with symbols.
Does a "tenfold increase" mean multiplying something by 10 or by …
2017年8月31日 · Answered at Why is "a 100% increase" the same amount as "a two-fold increase"?. in general English, terminology hereabouts can lack clarity. In science, '[linear] scale factor 4.25' is surely required for both clarity and accuracy. –
How do you correctly say large numbers
2011年8月15日 · Back in high school my algebra teacher was extremely picky. If we were going to say the number 135, we would say one hundred thirty-five. If a person said one hundred and thirty-five my teacher would interpret that to mean 100.35. Was my algebra teacher wrong, or did Jon just waste over 80 hours counting to 100,000 incorrectly.
How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?
2015年6月23日 · For example, the French "100 trillion" translates to the English "100 quintillion", not the English "100 trillion". Due to the possible confusion caused by the two scales, when clarity is particularly important and/or the audience particularly diverse, it's a good idea to also give the number in the unambiguous scientific notation (100×10 18).
How to spell out dollars and cents [duplicate]
If you're writing the amount on a check, where the word "dollars" is preprinted at the end of the line, the convention is to write "Forty-two thousand and 00/100", which is then followed by the pre-printed "dollars". If you're writing in most other contexts, the convention is to write "forty-two thousand dollars and fifty-seven cents".