Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #12874: Percentage word problems 1 - When the question asks "by what percentage..."
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-02-02 11:03:42+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, wrong-or-unclear, xp

when asking "by what percentage" the answer should not have the percent symbol at the end. To me this seems like saying x percent percent. You should allow answers without the percent symbol if percent is already given as the context for the answer.

[percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=54&problem=bank-percentages](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=54&problem=bank-percentages&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=54&problem=bank-percentages&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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