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Finding percentages of amountsE.g. 35% of 80 =There are several ways to attempt this question but the easiest way is to:First find 10% of 80To find 10% of 80 you need to divide by 1080 ÷ 10 = 8 10% of 80 = 8Finding 30%If 10% is 8, 30% will be three times this amount so to find 30% you need to do8 x 3 = 2430% of 80 = 24Then find 5%5% is half of 10% and we have already calculated 10% so to calculate 5% we simply half the 10% amount10% = 85% of 80 = 4Final answerWe now need to add together the 30% answer: 24and the 5% answer: 424 + 4 = 28So 35% of 80 = 28 ................
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