Question

What is 5 1/2 of 60%

Answer 1

You mean 60%of 5 1/2? that makes more sense...


i would do it like this:

$\frac{60}{100}* 5\frac{1}{2}$

(60% is the same as $\frac{60}{100}$

$5\frac{1}{2}=\frac{11}{2}$

(so that there is no confusion, i've put it into an improper fraction

now we can multiply:
$\frac{60}{100}* \frac{11}{2}=$

$\frac{6}{10}* \frac{11}{2}=$

$\frac{3}{5}* \frac{1}{2}=$



$\frac{3*11}{10}=$

$\frac{33}{10}=$

which is 3.3.

so 60% of 5 and a half is 3.3.