What is the origin of the word 'percent'?

Understanding Percentages and Ratios

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Latin, meaning 'four'
French, meaning 'hundred'
Greek, meaning 'ten'
Latin, meaning 'hundred'
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the word 'century' signify in modern English?
A group of a thousand years
A group of a hundred years
A group of fifty years
A group of ten years
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In historical terms, what did a 'centurion' command?
A group of 200 soldiers
A group of 100 soldiers
A group of 50 soldiers
A group of 500 soldiers
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is a 'percent' defined in terms of a ratio?
A ratio with a denominator of 1000
A ratio with a denominator of 10
A ratio with a denominator of 50
A ratio with a denominator of 100
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the denominator in a percent represent?
The numerator of the ratio
The total number of parts
The name of the parts
The symbol of the ratio
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can percentages be represented?
As a whole number only
As a fraction only
As a decimal only
As a ratio or a fraction
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the historical representation of percent in the 17th century?
A zero over zero
A one over one
A hundred over hundred
A ten over ten
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do the two zeros in the percent symbol remind us of?
That it is a ratio with a denominator of ten
That it is a ratio with a denominator of fifty
That it is a ratio with a denominator of hundred
That it is a ratio with a denominator of thousand
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