Okay, so I was trying to figure out what number is 65% of 840. It’s one of those things that pops up sometimes, and I used to hate dealing with percentages, but I’ve gotten better at it.
First, I grabbed my phone – gotta love that built-in calculator! I could probably do this in my head, but why make things harder than they need to be, right?
I remembered that to find a percentage of a number, you gotta change the percentage into a decimal. So, 65% becomes 0.65. Easy peasy – just move that decimal point two places to the left.
- Convert the percentage to a decimal: 65% = 0.65
Then, I multiplied that decimal by the number I was working with, which was 840. So, on my calculator, I punched in 0.65 x 840= .
- Multiply the decimal by the number:0.65840=
The Result
Boom! The answer popped up on the screen: 546. So, 65% of 840 is 546. Not so bad, huh? I actually felt pretty good about getting it right, and the process of recording made me more proficient.
This may be a simple math problem, but my sharing is over. Thanks for reading!
