Ans: The base in the statement “16% of 98 is 15.68” is 98.
The three quantities in problems involving percent are Percent, Base, amount. ‘Percent’ has the percent (%) symbol. The base is the whole amount and the amount is the amount which comes after calculation the percent of the total amount.
So, in above problem, total amount i.e. Base is 98
Percent is 16%
And, the amount is 15.68.
<span>Moreover, the base in the statement comes after the word ‘of’ and in above statement, the digit after ‘of’ is 98.</span>
The tenth place is the number on the right of the decimal which is
6703.58
So to round to the nearest tenth, look at the number before it, which is 8. The rule for rounding: 5+ = round up, 4 or less = keep as same number
8 is a number that is 5+ so we round 5 (number in the tenths place) up one number
6703.6
1) 6/14 divide by 2 = 3/7
2) 9/12 divide by 3 = 3/4
3) 15/25 divide by 5 = 3/5
