Thread: [SOLVED] Finding 6 percent of 7, and similar problems.

How would you be able to find 6 percent of 7, and other similar problems?

Originally Posted by homeycat

How would you be able to find 6 percent of 7, and other similar problems?

recall that "percent" is just a fancy word for "over 100" or "/100" so 6% = 6/100, and 15% = 15/100 etc.

in math, "of" means "multiply"

so 6% of 7 = 6/100 * 7 = 21/50 = 0.42

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