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0.05 x 30 = 1.5
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"5 percent" means 5 percent per year.30 months = 2.5 years.2.5 times 5 percent = 12.5 percent = 0.1250.125 x 16,000 = 2,000
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Thirty percent of one hundred is 30, so thirty percent of five hundred must be 30 X 5 = 150.
First of all, its easiest to deal with this problem as a decimal so remember that three tenths is .3 To change any number into a percent, simply multiply by 100. In this example: .3 * 100 = 30 The answer is 30 percent. This works for all numbers including very small numbers like 5 thousandths. Five thousandths = .005 = .5 percent (.005 x 100 = .5)
To find 30 percent of 5 million, you would multiply 5 million by 0.30 (which is the decimal form of 30 percent). This calculation would result in 1,500,000. Therefore, 30 percent of 5 million is 1.5 million.