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The question
Question: work out 15% of 60.
15% of 60 = ?
Percent means out of 100.
So 10% is 10 out of 100: one tenth.
To find 10%, we divide by 10.
10% = ÷ 10
1 Find 10%
60 divided by 10 is 6.
10% of 60 = 60 ÷ 10 = 6
2 Build 15%
We build 15% from easy pieces: 15% is 10% and 5%.
15% = 10% + 5%
5% is half of 10%.
Half of 6 is 3.
5% of 60 = 6 ÷ 2 = 3
3 Add the pieces
Now we add the pieces.
15% of 60 = 6 + 3
6 plus 3 is 9.
= 9
So 15% of 60 is 9.
Let's look back.
First: find 10%.
Then: build 15%.
Last: add the pieces.
Answer
= 9