"Il cinquanta per cento di loro non crede."

[siebolt]

Remember that Italian says "the fifty percent", masculine singular >> crede. If you would say "fifty of them don't believe" >>> cinquanta di loro non credono. (only one -d-)

[dnovinc]

Shouldn't it be "Il cinquanta percento" when it is used as a noun ? http://www.wordreference.com/enit/percent

[KarenColle]

According to the reading I did this morning on per cento vs. percento, I agree with Dnovinc.

[David1945]

Grazie!

[dmmaus]

Should also accept "per cent", not just "percent". I couldn't even figure out what I got wrong until I saw the missing space. My English dictionary lists "per cent" as the primary spelling.

[MelissaM1212]

"Percent" is always one word in (American) English.

[dmmaus]

Sure, but not every English speaker speaks American English. :-)

[01nick1988]

It's always percent in British English too! I think your dictionary is wrong

[MelissaM1212]

That's exactly my point--Duolingo didn't accept "percent" when I entered it. Words are spelled differently in different countries, hence, Duolingo should accept them both. I have no problem with people spelling it "per cent."

[dmmaus]

Wait, it didn't accept "percent"? That's all it accepted when I did this. You should probably report it.

[tango-alpha]

Why is not credono?

[formaggiamente]

Because "il cinquanta per cento" = masculine singular.

[dannygofwts]

Why not "the fifty percent of them do not believe"?

[Lisawm]

Same problem here. I guess that's just a thing within the English grammar; "do" refers to "them", not to "the fifty percent". The percentage represents "them" so that's what you should base the verb on (they do, the fifty percent does).

[powerdatc]

I said "Half of them don't believe".... Guess DL doesn't like my laziness... -1 heart

[AudraSimps]

Is "fifty per one hundred of them do not believe it" wrong?

[germz20]

I put "cinquanta percento di loro non credono" & it marked it correct, I guess if you don't put "il" then "loro" becomes the noun instead of "per cento"

[MABBY]

What the hell? "il cinquanta"? I thought it was an audio problem. Why not La cinquanta (or Il cinquanto)?

[siebolt]

il ... percento // la percentuale >> ... percent // percentage. I could write a lot about the reason for masculine and cinquanta. You would lose time trying to understand and that would be useless. It is quicker and easier to learn this rule: [number] percent = "il [number] percento" the number is the same number as used for counting. "un, due, tre, quattro, venti, cinquanta, novanta" IL CINQUANTA PERCENTO.

[vivicsi86]

If 'do not believe' has to be in plural why percent isn't in plural????