Question

1. What number does % represent?

2. How many places behind the decimal is hundredths place?

3. What math operation do you perform to calculate your final cost once you have figured out the taxable amount?

4. When rounding hundredths spot, the number behind it must be higher than __________________in order to round up.
use simple words and be brief

Answer 1

1. % means "percent" — it means "per hundred" (1% = 0.01).
2. Two places to the right of the decimal.
3. Add (tax amount + taxable amount = final cost).
4. 4 (the next digit must be 5 or greater to round up).