Question

If 10% of 60 is 6, what is 5% of 60?
Explain how you found your answer

Answer 1

3 because x/60 and 5/100. 5x60=300 divides by 100 = 3

Answer 2

3

Explanation:

If we already know that 10% of 60 is 6 and that 5% is one half of 10%, we can just divide the 10% value by two to find the 5% of 60.