Question

The school took in &875 at the bake sale fundraiser .60% of the money came from cupcake sales how much money did the school make selling cupcakes

Answer 1

Whatever% of anything is just (whatever/100) * anything.

so they had a total in sales of $875, and 60% of that is from cupcakes.

how much is 60% of 875?  well is just (60/100) * 875.