85% of 60 = 51

BREAKUP and BRIDGE [DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF ARITHMETIC]

[80% + 5%] x 60
[80% x 60] + [5% x 60]
48 + 3 = 51
MAKING YOUR OWN COMPATIBLES with addition [DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY
OF ARITHMETIC]
85% x 60
[20% + 20% + 20% +20%] x 60 + [5% x 60]
[20% x 60] + [20% x 60] + [20% x 60] + [20% x 60] + [5% x 60]
12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 3 = 51

OR
10% of 60 = 6
I know I have 8 groups of 10% therefore, 8 x 6 = 48
I still have 5% to figure out which is of 10% so of 6 is 3
48 + 3 = 51
RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS Making Sense
100% of 60 is 60
10% of 60 = 6
60 6 = 54 which is 90% of 60
5% of 60 is 3 because 5% is of 10%
54 3 = 51

USING FRIENDLY PERCENTS

50% of 60 is 30
25% of 60 is of 50% so that is 15
10% of 60 is 6
Now add together
30 + 15 + 3 = 51

PAPER/PENCIL or CHALKBOARD METHOD

a. Who has an idea what the answer/solution might be?
b. Does anyone have a different idea about what the answer/solution might be?
c. Who is willing to justify one of these answers/solutions?
d. Who is willing to explain how they got their answer/solution?
e. Did anyone think about it differently?
f. How else can we think of it?

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