2007-11-09 13:32:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If you want 23% of $400 dollars, for example, just multiply 400 times 0.23, to get $92.
If you want 8% of 37, that is 0.08 times 37, or 2.96.
2007-11-09 13:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a calculator?
Divide two numbers & note result.
Now divide same numbers & hit % key.
It shifts the decimal 2 places right.
That's the same as multiplying by 100.
2007-11-09 13:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All percents are in numbers.
2007-11-09 14:12:29 · answer #3 · answered by krisski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything is based on 100 or 100%.
MLB uses 1000.
Think in pennies.
Divide 100%, into any amount of pennies. Check the decimal places.
2007-11-09 13:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
multiply the number by the percent and divide by 100
(a*b)/100
a=number
b=percent
2007-11-09 13:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by d man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋