One-Tenth Percent

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When percent of 10,000 is added to of 10,000, the result is

Review: One-Tenth Percent


Explanation

Our first step is to express these words purely in numbers. "percent of 10,000" is



We know we need that in there because we are talking about not , but rather percent. This gives us



There are four zeros on the top and three on the bottom, so they all cancel except for one zero on top.

The second part of our sum is "of 10,000," or



When we add these two terms, we get 1,010. The correct answer is (D).


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