Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #11377: Percentage word problems 1 - Answer Formatting on Precentage Word Problems 1
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-16 23:28:06+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, hard, win7

The constantly alternating formatting for answers in this module is extremely frustrating, even to someone for whom this module is a very simple review. Whole integers, tenths, hundredths, you want the percent sign, but adding a dollar sign results in an incorrect answer. Really? Teaching people to read instructions carefully is one thing, but this is maddening!

I've gotten the mathematically correct answer on better than 90% of these questions, but I'm barely batting 50% according to the computer.

Please, pick an answer format, and stick with it! At least for this particular module.

[percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=101&problem=bank-percentages](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=101&problem=bank-percentages&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=101&problem=bank-percentages&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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