Question

A sales person receives a 3% commission on sales. The sales person receives $180 in commission. What is the amount of sales

Answer 1

Hack way
180=3% of all
divide by 3 both sides
60=1%
times 100 both sides
6000=100%

sold $6000

Answer 2

Her is your answer 3% of the sales is $180

If the sales is called 's' we can write an equation to model the statement 3% of the sales is $180:



The amount of sales is $6,000.

Your final answer is $6,000 in sales.