Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #14803: Percentage word problems 1 - is this correct?
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-02-27 23:41:50+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Is 50% of something, half of the something? If 197.33 is 50% of somthing, isnt the somthing 394.66? I thought i understood

[percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=167&problem=yearly-percentages](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=167&problem=yearly-percentages&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/percentage_word_problems_1.html?seed=167&problem=yearly-percentages&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24148%5C%22%22%2C248%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%24148%5C%22%22%2C41%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C67%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C68%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C70%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C71%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C72%5D%5D)

["$148","$148"]

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