Question

At a local sporting goods store, employees get paid a commission that is 6% of their sales. gina's sales for the week was $441.00. what is gina's commission for the week?

Answer 1

$26.46. To find this answer, you multiply .06 by $441.00 to find the percent. When finding percentages of a total number, you move the decimal place in the percentage over to places to the left and multiply that by the total.

Answer 2

You just need to find what 6% of 441 is, as Gina gets paid 6% of what she sells.
Easiest way: Convert 6% to a decimal and multiply it by 441.
0.06 x 441 = 26.4

Final answer: $26.40