percent in English
a reduction of half a percent or so in price
new car sales may be down nineteen percent
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1. First, subtract the markdown percentage from 100 percent, and you get 75 percent (100 percent − 25 percent = 75 percent).
2. Brown polled 23 percent, Harkin 14 percent, Tsongas 12 percent, and a further 22 percent of votes were uncommitted.
3. In 1985 cereals covered 80.6 percent of sown areas, fodder crops 17.7 percent, potatoes 1.3 percent, and vegetables 0.4 percent.
4. 60 percent, 70 percent, 80 percent, 90, and almost 100 percent, as we have today in the wealthiest and healthiest countries.
5. Wells Fargo rose 31 percent, Citigroup rose 19 percent, Bank of America rose 13 percent.
6. Defence spending for the same years was 7 percent, 2 percent and 2 percent respectively.
7. Remittances account for 10 percent of GDP in the Philippines, 7 percent in Vietnam, 5 percent in Myanmar, and 3 percent in Cambodia.
8. The breakdown for violent deaths was: Suicide —50 percent, homicide— 30 percent, and war —20 percent.
9. Of the combined total, 70 percent was from Broilers, 19 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens.
10. THE Alawite SECT -- Sunnis Muslims make up 74 percent of Syria’s 22 million population, Alawites 12 percent, Christians 10 percent and Druze 3 percent
11. In Hong Kong it is 7.9 percent, in Taiwan 7.4 percent, and in Japan only 1.2 percent.
12. Twenty percent.
13. It is followed by manufacturing (14.3 percent); real estate, renting and business activities (12.4 percent); transport and communications (11.6 percent); and financial intermediation (11.1 percent).
14. Twelve percent.
15. Four isotopes occur in nature: stable Cerium-140 (88.45 percent) and radioactive Cerium-142 (11.11 percent), Cerium-138 (0.25 percent), and Cerium-136 (0.19 percent).
16. Bosniaks accounted for 81.3 percent of those civilian deaths, compared to Serbs 10.9 percent and Croats 6.5 percent
17. State farms accounted for 19.1 percent of pig raising; other state organizations, for 34.2 percent; agricultural cooperatives, for 12.5 percent; and individual cooperative members, for 34.2 percent.
18. In France the figure is 43 percent; Denmark, 45 percent; and Sweden, 55 percent. —INSTITUTO DE POLÍTICA FAMILIAR, SPAIN.
19. So the move from two percent to six percent isn't just a four percent increase in the growth rate.
20. Mozambique reported a 17-percent increase, Lithuania a 29-percent increase.
21. 72 percent of tourism's CO2 emissions come from transportation, 24 percent from accommodations, and 4 percent from local activities.
22. By 2010 ethnic minorities accounted for 65 percent (up from 53 percent in 2006) of the poorest 10 percent.
23. 1 Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
24. Infinity percent, actually.
25. Sixty- two percent.
26. In order to properly reflect a company's status as an employer within the Consulting industry, the Vault Consulting 50 for 2021 is based on the following weighted formula: 30 percent prestige 15 percent firm culture 15 percent satisfaction 10 percent compensation 10 percent work/life balance 10 percent level of challenge 5 percent overall
27. The rate of Crowding declined from 1940 (20 percent) to 1980 (4.5 percent); it rose slightly in 1990 (4.9 percent), and rose again in 2000 (5.7 percent) (see graph)
28. ‘Composition varied but was around 60 percent pikemen, in Burgonet, corselet and tassets, ten percent halberdiers and 30 percent shot, in …
29. Approximately 5.5 percent of American beef comes from Oklahoma, while the state produces 6.1 percent of American wheat, 4.2 percent of American pig products, and 2.2 percent of dairy products.
30. For example, in 1985, 100 percent of potato planting and 84 percent of potato harvesting were mechanized on state farms, compared with 85 percent and 35 percent, respectively, in negdels.
31. Behavior was the percent similar wanted, so it's 30 percent right now.
32. Just give me the one with 80 percent meat, 20 percent filler.
33. Gross margin widened to 9 percent from 6 percent a year ago.
34. As a percentage of GDP, the top recipients of remittances, in 2012, were Tajikistan (48 percent), Kyrgyz Republic (31 percent), Lesotho and Nepal (25 percent each), and Moldova (24 percent).
35. Twenty-five percent of residents in the 19th arrondissement lived below the poverty line; 24 percent in the 18th, 22 percent in the 20th and 18 percent in the 10th.
36. • By race, most Arrestees (70.7 percent) were White, 24.5 percent were Black or African American, and 2.7 percent were of other races
37. * Difference = Percent of 15-24 age group - Percent of 45-64 age group.
38. Growth in developing countries will pick up from 4.8 percent in 2013 to a slower than previously expected 5.3 percent this year, 5.5 percent in 2015 and 5.7 percent in 2016.
39. More than # percent of households are now consuming iodized salt and prevalence of goiter dramatically dropped from # percent in # to # percent in
40. 10 It also cut the discount rate from 25 percent to 5 percent.
41. Arrestees who were 16 to 18 years old accounted for 32.7 percent; 19 or older, 14.2 percent; 10 to 12 years old, 10.2 percent; and 5 to 9 years old, 1.1 percent
42. Plus a # percent cut across the board...... while our plan would raise taxes one percent...... on the richest one percent in the country
43. Not quite ten percent.
44. It's 90 percent bullshit.
45. If 97.5 percent of the world's water is saltwater, 2.5 percent is fresh water.
46. Truancy rates have dropped 42 percent, and daytime crime rates have dropped 35 percent.
47. Breadwinners, bringing home from 25 percent to 49 percent of earnings for their families
48. Doctors give him an 80-percent to 90-percent chance for a full recovery.
49. In 1988 transparency in the sugarbush was 18 percent, in unmanaged areas 16 percent.
50. Gradients reach 3.5 percent, whereas they do not exceed 1 percent on ordinary tracks.