"percent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Just 46 percent graduated from high school or received an equivalency degree, compared with 39 percent of the controls.
- Some 72 percent of eighth grade students met or exceeded the state standard, compared with a county average of 70 percent.
- But since the early '70's, the improvements have been small: 1 percent annually compared with nearly 2 percent or more in many earlier years.
- The 6 percent who reported lower export orders compares with 5 percent in January.
- Over all, 40 percent of the state's eighth graders met or exceeded state standards, compared with 38 percent in 1999.
- Seventy percent of fourth graders attained or exceeded the basic level, compared with 66 percent in 2001.
- But how does this 58 percent compare with that of men in the same study?
- For mathematics, 59.2 percent met or exceeded the competency standards, compared with 68 percent statewide.
- This pressure may explain why only 2 percent of the country's elderly live in nursing homes or similar institutions, compared with 5 percent in America.
- The report found that 47 percent of whites own computers, compared with 19 percent of blacks.
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