B) 30 people out of a total of 90

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 436.

Rewrite the following statistics using expressions from the box.

A fifth a tenth one in four two-thirds

One in ten a half a quarter nine out of ten

A third three out of four one in three three-quarters

C) 25 per cent f) 90 per cent

B) 20 per cent e) 75 per cent

A) 10 per cent d) 33 per cent

Match each of the percentages a-f with expressions from the box below.

H) It appears that a substantial number of commercial banks are currently experiencing difficulties.

G) It is certain that overseas students arriving in Britain will experience language problems.

F) The research is likely to lead to some interesting results.

E) Clients seldom complained about the changes in their orders.

D) None of the studies has been large-scale.

C) There is more and more interest in the topic.

B) Interviewees frequently misunderstood one of the questions.

A) There are precisely 48 different managerial posts in the company.

3. Students in business studies often deal with statistics. It can be expressed in a number of ways, as fractions (half, a quarter), percentages (20%), or in expressions like ‘one in ten'.

4. It is often helpful to describe statistics in terms of the nearest ‘round figure', e.g. 47% = approximately 50%.