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Example 1. Distinguish the following: a) Half of $600. b) ½% of $600. Answers. a) Half of $600 is $300. b) ½% of $600 means Half of 1% of $600. 1% of $600 is $6. 00. (Lesson 4, Question 6.) Therefore, ½% of $600 is $3. 00. Example 2. How much is half, or 50%, of $824? How much is ½% of $824? Answer. Half of $824 is $412. (Lesson 16.) ½% is $4.12. Again, ½% means Half of 1%. 1% of $824 is $8.24. ½% of $824 is $4.12. Note that half of $824 and ½% of $824 have the same digits: 4, 1, 2. ½% is equal to 1% of half Example 3. How much is ¼% of $800? Answer. ¼% means a quarter of 1%. 1% of $800 is $8.00 . ¼% of $800 is $2.00. Example 4. Jacqueline deposited $2000 in the bank, where the interest is 3½% annually. In one year, how much interest will she earn? Answer. We have to calculate 3½% of $2000. We can get it from 1%: 1% of $2000 is $20.00. Therefore, 3½% is
She will earn $70 in interest. Example 5. Calculator problem. How much is 6½% of $104.16? Solution. The Amount is missing. Press
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This is approximately, $6.77. If your calculator does not have a percent key, then change 6.5% to a decimal (Lesson 4), and press = . Press
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