A manifest has a missing tracking number on 1 line out of 120. What percentage is missing?

A manifest has a missing tracking number on 1 line out of 120. What percentage is missing?

• A. 0.5%
• B. 1%
• C. 2%
• D. 0.83%

Answer: (D)

Percent means a part per hundred. To find the portion missing, divide the part by the total and multiply by 100. Here, 1 line is missing out of 120 total lines, so (1/120) × 100 = 0.8333...%, which rounds to 0.83%. That’s why the answer is about 0.83%. For context, 0.5% of 120 would be 0.6 lines, 1% would be 1.2 lines, and 2% would be 2.4 lines, so those values don’t match the actual 1 missing line.

Percent means a part per hundred. To find the portion missing, divide the part by the total and multiply by 100. Here, 1 line is missing out of 120 total lines, so (1/120) × 100 = 0.8333...%, which rounds to 0.83%. That’s why the answer is about 0.83%.

For context, 0.5% of 120 would be 0.6 lines, 1% would be 1.2 lines, and 2% would be 2.4 lines, so those values don’t match the actual 1 missing line.