Question

When I am trying to find the whole of the percent and divide it what do I do with the remainder? Like do I put it together with the answer and go on or multiply them together ?

The problem I’m solving is [What number is 70% of 279]

And I divided them too and I got 39 and 3 reminder. Please scallion and help me with this problem in order to get marked

Answer 1

a. 9.48

b. 195.3

Explanation:

convert the corresponding per cent into a decimal (you can move the decimal place to the left by 2 or divide by 100) then just multiply it with the "of" number