100 Bible Verse Desktop Wallpapers Wallpapers People often say that percentages greater than 100 make no sense because you can't have more than all of something. this is simply silly and mathematically ignorant. a percentage is just a ratio between two numbers. there are many situations where it is perfectly reasonable for the numerator of a fraction to be greater than the denominator. I couldn't find any use of the phrase earlier than the 1840 money diggers reference, but i did find some background to which the saying might refer. apparently the debate on cat skinning boiled down to whether or not it was done while the cat was still alive. here's a clip from the disturbing house of commons' minutes of evidence taken before committee on bill for prevention of cruelty to.
100 Bible Verse Desktop Wallpapers Wallpapers In general, it is good practice that the symbol that a number is associated with agrees with the way the number is written (in numeric or text form). for example, $3 instead of 3 dollars. note that this doesn't apply when the numbers are large, so it is perfectly fine to write 89.5 percent, as eighty nine and a half percent is very clunky. this source puts it simply: when writing percentages. I have heard seen people say write "she is 5 feet 10 inches tall" and "she is 5 foot 10." but in formal writing, is there a convention? i found both "8 foot tall" and "nine feet tall" in online sou. Assuming it's not casual usage, i'd recommend "all items over five pounds are excluded," instead. most style guided recommend spelling out numbers of ten or less, and in such a case i'd spell out the unit, too. 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.'".
100 Bible Verse Desktop Wallpapers Wallpapers Assuming it's not casual usage, i'd recommend "all items over five pounds are excluded," instead. most style guided recommend spelling out numbers of ten or less, and in such a case i'd spell out the unit, too. 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.'". 24 yes, the correct usage is that 100% increase is the same as a two fold increase. the reason is that when using percentages we are referring to the difference between the final amount and the initial amount as a fraction (or percent) of the original amount. A ton is £100 (half a ton being therefore £50). this relates to a common usage in a number of contexts, for example, to do a ton is to achieve a speed of 100 miles per hour and in darts or cricket a ton is a score of 100. this is familiar enough not to seem an odd usage, even though ton is most commonly met with as a largish unit of weight.
100 Bible Verse Desktop Wallpapers Wallpapers 24 yes, the correct usage is that 100% increase is the same as a two fold increase. the reason is that when using percentages we are referring to the difference between the final amount and the initial amount as a fraction (or percent) of the original amount. A ton is £100 (half a ton being therefore £50). this relates to a common usage in a number of contexts, for example, to do a ton is to achieve a speed of 100 miles per hour and in darts or cricket a ton is a score of 100. this is familiar enough not to seem an odd usage, even though ton is most commonly met with as a largish unit of weight.
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