What is 10 percent of 83?

Answer 1

8.3 !

I use the: is over of equals percent over 100.

Therefore:

Is is what you are searching for (x), and you put that over the of (10). You then set that equal to the percent (83) over 100. Cross multiply then divide to get your answer.

x/10 = 83/100

100x = 830

x = 8.3

Answer 2

10% of 83 = 83*10/100 = 8.3