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3-46.

Given the following descriptions of portions, write each portion as a percent. Use a $100\%$ block to help you visualize the portions.

$3$ tenths and $6$ hundredths

Hint (a):
$10$ tenths make $100\%$ . Think about how you could write $4$ tenths and $6$ hundredths, given that information.
Answer (a):
$36\%$

$8$ hundredths

Hint (b):
You need $100$ hundredths to make 100%.
How would you write $8$ portions of $100$ ?
Answer (b):
$8\%$

$17$ hundredths

Hint (c):
$17$ hundredths can also be written as $1$ tenth and $7$ hundredths.

$11$ tenths

Hint (d):
Is $11$ tenths greater or less than $100\%$ ?
Remember that $10$ tenths is equal to $100\%$ .

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