Calculate Percentage: What is 3% of 60?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Calculate 3% of 60

00:04 Apply the formula to convert percentages to fractions

00:09 This fraction is equal to 3%

00:17 Multiply the fraction by the number itself in order to determine the percentage

00:23 Proceed to break it down to factors and reduce wherever possible

00:37 This is the solution

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve this problem, we'll use the following steps:

Let's apply these steps to our problem:

Step 1: Convert the percentage.

The percentage given is 3%. We convert this to a decimal by dividing by 100: $\frac{3}{100} = 0.03$ .

Step 2: Multiply by the total number.

We multiply this decimal by the number 60 to find the percentage of the total:

$0.03 \times 60 = 1.8$ .

Thus, 3% of 60 is $1.8$ .