In 2004, a total of 129,522 criminal offenses were recorded in 2004 in Northern Ireland. If this figure fell by 8.8% the following year, how many offenses were recorded?

1 Answer
Sep 24, 2016

129,522 - 11,398

118,124 offences were recorded.

Explanation:

Calculating the percentage of a number such as

8.8% " of " 129,522

is done by using multiplication, division, and subtraction.

First find #8.8% " of " 129,522 by multiplying by the percentage.

129,522xx8.8%

(129,522xx8.8)/100 = 11,398

The number obtained above is 8.8% of 129,522.

Now find the required answer by using subtraction,

Subtract 11,398 " from " 129,522.

If it fell 8.8% from the original 129,522 the number of criminal offenses in Northern Ireland during 2004 is:

129,522- 11,398 = 118,124

The actual answer is found after calculating the problem above because I wanted to solve this one without a calculator.

[ I have added in the answers to the calculations for completeness]
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