Question

64% of 850=?

Answer 1

0.64 * 850 = ?

Answer 2

Let's break down what the words mean...then we'll understand it.

Percent (%) means "per 100." So what you want to do is divide that number by 100.

If you say 50%, that means
50/100

If you say 22%, that means
22/100

If you say 225%, that means
225/100

So since you said 64%, you are going to first do:

64/100

64 divided by 100 = .64

So there's the first step of your answer. We can re-write it as:

.64 of 850 = ?

Now, we come to the word "of." "Of" means "multiplied by" or "times." Now we have:

.64 x 850 =

= means "is."

So

.64 x 850 = 544

There ya go :)