Question

1 ACTIVITY: Estimating a Part

Work with a partner. Use a model to estimate the answer to each question.
d. What number is 6% of 30?

Answer 1

What number is 6% of 30?
Answer: 1.8

Answer 2

1.8

Explanation:

to find any percent of a number, multiply that number by the percent x.(the percentage is x/100 since percents are just fractions with a hidden denominator of 100), and 30*(6/100) is 18/10, which is just 1.8.