01-09-2009, 02:11 AM
(01-08-2009 01:56 PM)BigD Wrote: I've got a civil serice exam for the fire department coming up and I'm having trouble understanding a math problem in the book I'm studying.
Percentage; Whole = Part ÷ % · 100
Whole = (16 ÷ 47) x 100
Whole = (0.34) x 100 = 34
Now I won't be able to use a calculator on the test, so what I'm needing to know is how to do 16/47 on paper. That's the part that's got me stumped pretty much; how to do that kind of division (if there's a name for it, I'm afraid I don't know it)
Any help would be much appreciated.
It's called longhand division. I have forgotten the finer specifics of it, but it actually involves a lot of work, so find a way to learn it and practive as much as you can. Take up Crim on the offer!
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