Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #9667: Percentage word problems 1 - ask for % or amount?
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-28 03:32:34+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, wrong-or-unclear, xp

Reporter: fiolkazbigniew@poczta.onet.pl

re: MY Answer was 296 %
KA = wrong answer

You asked by what percentage?
or what amount of money?

SEE :COPIED Percentage word problem 1 and answer
Ashley has 148 dollars in the bank today. Yesterday, she had 50 dollars in the bank. By what percentage did Ashley's bank account increase over the past day? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent.)

The bank account grew by 148−50=98 dollars

[percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=140&problem=bank-percentages](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=140&problem=bank-percentages&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=140&problem=bank-percentages&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22296%5C%22%22%2C55%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22296%2C00%5C%22%22%2C66%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%222%2C96%5C%22%22%2C373%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22296%25%5C%22%22%2C12%5D%5D)

["296","296,00","2,96","296%"]

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