60% of 68 is what number?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-25T23:50:02

$40.8$

Given: $60 %$ of $68$ is what number?

Percent means "for each" $100$ .

$60 % = 60/100 = .6$

The word "of" generally means multiplication, especially in percent problems.

The word "is" means $=$ .

The problem reads:

$60/100 xx 68 = ?$

$.6 xx 68 = 40.8$