People often say that percentages greater than 100 make no sense because you can't have more than all of something. This is simply silly and mathematically ignorant. A percentage is just a …

You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. 1991 Burton W. Kanter, "AARP—Asset Accumulation, Retention and Protection," Taxes 69: 717: "Wayne Gretzky, relating the …

Aug 29, 2015 · If soap A kills 100% and soap B kills 99.99% of bacteria, the remaining amount of bacteria after applying A (0%) is infinitely smaller than the remaining amount of bacteria after …

Aug 24, 2016 · The flow rate increases 100-fold (one hundred-fold) Would be a more idiomatic way of saying this, however, the questioner asks specifically about the original phrasing. The …

May 21, 2011 · Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10. Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?

Jun 23, 2015 · 37 Wikipedia lists large scale numbers here. As only the 10 x with x being a multiple of 3 get their own names, you read 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 as 100 * 10 18, so …

Nov 30, 2012 · Computers do the work pre-publishing instead of readers doing the work post-publishing. So we are free to just write for the reader’s understanding alone: one billion dollars …

Feb 29, 2012 · 1 If semicentennial (semi-, precisely half, + centennial, a period of 100 years) is 50 years, then quarticentennial (quart-, a combining form meaning "a fourth," + centennial) is …

Oct 3, 2022 · What is the correct way to write the following sentence about the total goals scored during his career? "Scored 100 goals total" or "Scored 100 goals in total"?

The first example is incorrect. The second and third examples are both correct. Which one you use is mostly a matter of preference, although a hundred appears more frequently than one …