tax
When you get the price of a bunch of cheap things (pins for exampel) wach pin costs a fraction of a cent.
The practice of tacking 9/10 of a cent on the end of a gas price goes back to when gas cost only pennies per gallon and was a tax imposed by state and federal governments. Gas stations added the fraction of a cent on the end of the price instead of rounding up the price.
cent
cent stand for hundred.So, this would "per cent."
If the number .2436 is a fraction of a cent, it is approximately zero. If it is a fraction of a dollar, it is approximately twenty four cents.
"per-cent"means divided by 100 to get fraction 70% = 70/100 = 7/10
A 28 cent stamp that is unused can always be used as 28 cents worth of postage. If it is used, it probably has a minimal purchase price of fifteen cents from a dealer.
65% as a fraction in its simplest form is 13/20
40 cent is 1/5 of $2.00
For a circulated specimen: Lowest price: 1 cent Highest price: 1 cent Average price: 1 cent. The only 1985 cents that are worth any premium are uncirculated or proof coins.
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