Question

A sneaker store salesman had $4,125 in total monthly sales last month. he made $165 in commission from those sales. what is the salesman's commission as a percent of his total monthly sales?

Answer 1

He made
`(165)/(4125)` as a commission. To turn that into a percentage, you need to make the bottom become 100. Multiply the top and bottom by
`(100)/(4125)` to get the proper fraction. The fraction now is
`((16500)/(4125))/(100)` This simplifies to
`(4)/(100)`. Now all you need to do is take the top of that fraction to get the percentage, which is 4%.

4%