maths question

[emmie]

can you let me know what percentage is 3 in 10, not a trick question.

[mike11111]

30%?

[jno]

3 is 30% of 10 (as 30 is 30% of 100)

[emmie]

the reason is an MP in the house of commons reckoned it was 60 percent.
I was watching it on the news, though i only caught a moment of the piece, but i think he was talking to Michael Gove.

[emmie]

The newsreader went oh dear, or words to that effect...

[mike11111]

60% would 3 in 5 or 6 in 10.

[emmie]

i think the MP was having an off day, got to admit it was funny.

[pizza]

is it not 33.3 as 3 x 3 is 99 not 100 ?

[emmie]

think this was it

http://www.google.com...N0011171340277947065A

[mike11111]

33.3% is 1 in 3

[pizza]

oops meant 33 x 3 is 99

[emmie]

ha ha, a former economics teacher, no wonder the country's going to pot.

[Maydup]

3 in 10 is 33.33%

[mike11111]

No it isn't Maidup - 3 in 10 is exactly 30%. 3 in 9 is 33.33%.

[emmie]

perhaps the point is this MP, a former economics teacher made a fool of himself, and in the worse possible way in Parliament, i reckon that Michael Gove should give him a rap over the knuckles.

[sir.prize]

They ALL make fools of themselves in Parliament.

[emmie]

many do granted, but you would think someone who supposed to know his sums would at least know what percentage means.

[Mick-Talbot]

Pmsl at this thread..
It looks like 7/9ths of Abers don't understand fractions

[Mick-Talbot]

botox ...I meant 9/7 ths :0(

Bit of a murtphy Richards moment

[emmie]

you and this MP obviously have something in common.

[wiltsman]

79.48% of all statistics are made up on the spot.