simple math debate

[Inked]

Person one statement: 1% of the US population has a PhD.

Person 2 response: That would equate to 1 out of 100 people in the US have a PhD.

Would this be an accurate statement based on those numbers?

If someone could please also verify that .01% is not actually 1%, it's a fraction of a percent. .0001 I think. One thousandth of a percent.

Person 2 also states: If there's 325,000,000 people in the US, that means 3,250,000 people in the US have a Phd, based on 1%. It doesn't matter if it's 325,000,000 in the US or 100 people in the US, 1% is always 1%.

Any credentials to back your response would help with my debate. Thank You!

 

[tcbaklash]

1% of 100 is 1

1% of 1 is 0.01

1% of 325,000,000 is 3,250,000

If there’s confusion around 0.01, it’s probably because a number multiplied by 0.01 is 1% of the original number. Multiplying a number by 1 would equal 100% of the original number.

Instrumentation/Controls/Electrical technician, I calculate percentages on a daily basis.

 

[eyerolleddapiece]

Person one statement: 1% of the US population has a PhD.

Person 2 response: That would equate to 1 out of 100 people in the US have a PhD.

Would this be an accurate statement based on those numbers?

If someone could please also verify that .01% is not actually 1%, it's a fraction of a percent. .0001 I think. One thousandth of a percent.

Person 2 also states: If there's 325,000,000 people in the US, that means 3,250,000 people in the US have a Phd, based on 1%. It doesn't matter if it's 325,000,000 in the US or 100 people in the US, 1% is always 1%.

Any credentials to back your response would help with my debate. Thank You!

I feel like the person you are debating is the same person that would say that you take a $325,000,000 lotto jackpot, give a million dollars to each of the 325,000,000 people and end poverty in the US

 

[eyerolleddapiece]

The confusion may come from the decimal visualization of 1% being .01. Like if you want to find 1% of 100 you would put into a calculator 100*.01.

 

[Yukon4Runner]

Word Root of percent. The Latin word centum, meaning “hundred,” gives us the root cent. Words from the Latin centum have something to do with the number 100. A dollar is made up of 100 cents


So, 1 percent is 1 per 100. 1 divided by 100 is...0.01

 

[Inked]

Yes, the simple equation is accurate then. 1% of US population has a Phd, therefore, we can accurately state, based on that percentage, that 1 out of 100 people in the US has a PhD.

If someone is reading .01%, it's not actually 1%, it's .0001, one thousandth of a percent.

Correct?

 

[eyerolleddapiece]

Yes, the simple equation is accurate then. 1% of US population has a Phd, therefore, we can accurately state, based on that percentage, that 1 out of 100 people in the US has a PhD.

If someone is reading .01%, it's not actually 1%, it's .0001, one thousandth of a percent.

Correct?

That's how I read it.

Although I feel like I'm being duped somehow right now. :shocked:

 

[tcbaklash]

Yes, the simple equation is accurate then. 1% of US population has a Phd, therefore, we can accurately state, based on that percentage, that 1 out of 100 people in the US has a PhD.

If someone is reading .01%, it's not actually 1%, it's .0001, one thousandth of a percent.

Correct?

Correct.

But we need more than 1% of people in our country to have a Ph.D

 

[Inked]

That's how I read it.

Although I feel like I'm being duped somehow right now. :shocked:

No, lol. No duping. It's seems very simple to me.

Correct.

But we need more than 1% of people in our country to have a Ph.D

I agree 100% I could only afford my BA.

 

[eyerolleddapiece]

I agree 100% I could only afford my BA.

I've heard in most fields (PhD required fields excluded) the only way a masters is worth it, is if someone else pays for it.

 

[tcbaklash]

Unfortunately people figured out that having kids go to college was profitable for them and they ruined it for those who are serious about education and careers. America is collapsing on every level very rapidly.

Anyway, hope you win the debate :cheers: lol

 

[tb-av]

Person one statement: 1% of the US population has a PhD.

Person 2 response: That would equate to 1 out of 100 people in the US have a PhD.

Would this be an accurate statement based on those numbers?

Provided Statement 1 is True, then yes, statement 2 would be correct as well.

If someone could please also verify that .01% is not actually 1%,

.01% is simply saying 1/100th percent
.10% is 10/100ths percent
.99% is 99/100ths percent
and finally
1.00% is 100/100ths percent or 1 Percent


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Not sure where you got those other numbers in the thousands.

0.1 -- tenths
0.01 -- hundredths
0.001 -- thousandths
0.0001 -- ten-thousandths

 

[e60ral]

jesus christ, our education system has failed

 

[e60ral]

this thread reminds me of the popular verizon math dilemma:

VerizonMath
https://consumerist.com/2010/02/23/...nce-between-difference-between-002-and-00002/

 

[83Mule]

I have a PHD (Personal Hard Drive)....I call it a Brain:nod:

 

[JayceeP]

Why would 0.01% be the same as 1%? 0.01 in terms of units, would be the same as 1% but that’s not what you are comparing.

 

[MissouriBreaks]

This is why I use a calculator!

 

[2012sr5]

As someone has already stated, the word percent means "per hundred."

1% = 0.01 = 1/100
0.1% = 0.001 = 1/1,000
0.01% = 0.0001 = 1/10,000
and so on...

If 1% of the US population have PhDs, then that means on average 1 out of every 100 people has a PhD.

This does NOT mean that 1 out of every 100 people has a PhD. There are many, many arbitrary groups of 100 people in the US where no PhD is to be found.

 

[mrblah]

I wonder how much of the population on average hates math as much as I do.

 

[B33R_Runner]

this thread reminds me of the popular verizon math dilemma:

VerizonMath
https://consumerist.com/2010/02/23/...nce-between-difference-between-002-and-00002/

How have I not heard of that story? That was highly entertaining, if not painful, to read. :wacko: