Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #14159: Percentage word problems 1 - Terrible hints
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-02-19 01:30:17+00:00
State: open
Labels: hard, win7

Terrible hints. They don't dilinate the difference between adding a percentage and growing by a percentage. Some don't even tell you what is being done, they just spew numbers.

[percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=163&problem=bank-percentages-loss](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=163&problem=bank-percentages-loss&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=163&problem=bank-percentages-loss&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2255.24%25%5C%22%22%2C135%5D%5D)

["55.24%"]

Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; Edition Next; en) Presto/2.10.255 Version/12.00

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