Question

Find the percent of each number What is 59% of 640?

Answer 1

377.6

Explanation:

640÷10=64 to find 10%

64×5=320 to find 50%

640÷100=6.4 to find 1%

6.4×9=57.6 to find 9%

320+57.6=377.6

answer: 377.6

Answer 2

`\begin{array}c \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{59\% of 640}}{\left( \cfrac{59}{100} \right)640}\implies 377.6`