Question 160

12.8% of 715 = ?

Solution

Option E:

There are a number of ways to calculate percentages. The common way of doing it is:

12.8% of 715 = $$\frac{12.8}{100}$$ $$ \times 715 $$ = $$\frac{9152}{100}$$ = 91.52

Alternatively, we can also do it in parts.

12.8% of 715 is same as 10% of 715 + 2% of 715 + 0.8% of 715

i.e. 71.5 + 14.3 (=1/5th of 10%) + 5.72 (=4/5th of 1%)

which gives 91.52

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