Question

Brenna found 10% of 60. Her work is shown below.

10% of 60 = (60 = 2) = 30
O No. Brenna should have divided by 4 to find 10%.
No. She should have divided by 10 to find 10%.
O No. She should have multiplied by 10 to find 10%.
O Yes. Brenna did not make an error.

Answer 1

Answer: She should have divided by 10 to find 10% of 60 because percent in latin means per centum which means for 100 or per each 100 and dividing by 10 means that the result times 10 equals the original number, so you would need to divide by 10.

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