"Fifty percent of them do not believe."

Translation: Il cinquanta per cento di loro non crede.

[magofa]

Why not credono?

[dnovinc]

"Cinquanta per cento di loro non credono." is also a correct translation.

EDIT: as wiplala said, when we have "IL cinquanta per cento" which is masculine singular then we use "crede". So the definite article makes a difference.

[mangoHero1]

Why is il involved in the first place?

[lucianadleme]

I have the same doubt... Why the il here?

[CarolineJanaitis]

I think the definitive article makes it a singular amount, a percentage if you like, instead of fifty single items.
"Cinquanta per cento di loro non credono" could also be translated as "Fifty out of a hundred of them do not believe".

[CharlesPit19]

"Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good!" I left off the 'il' but put in 'credono' and it was correct! Whew! But I learned a lot from dnovinc's response, so thanks for that.

[Chrispayne326337]

I didn't have this accepted

[Teresinha]

It was accepted "Cinquanta per cento di loro non credono." As dnovinc said, the article makes the difference, Without article, the verb concords with the pronoum - I think...

[wiplala]

Maybe because they say: "IL cinquanta per cento" which is not plural? I am not sure, I am also messing around with this

[EliavLavi]

While hovering above the word 'percent', the suggested italian translation is 'percent', instead of the correct 'per cento'. Missed a heart for that.

[BillofKempsey]

Why "di loro" and not "ne"?

[DavidRoby1]

How can I avoid sending my answer, when accidentally I picked the bottom? Is there any way of doing it?

[wiplala]

don't think you can... just bad luck. lost a heart?? poor you.

[BillofKempsey]

Pick it again and it should unpick.

Although the numbers no longer appear (why?), the number keys also provide shortcuts to do the same.

[speaktorob]

Duolingo thought I said "Cinquanta per 100 di non crede", and marked it as correct.

[Chel451498]

Can anyone confirm the following is correct?

Percento = per cent (as in €0.02)
Per Cento = percent (as in %)

[CharlesPit19]

According to my Webster's New World Italian Dictionary, 'percento' is percent(age) (%). Did you perhaps swap what you meant to say?

[Tommaso27gz]

Why is it not: Ne cinquanta per cento non credono.