6) To calculate the percentage of a number, write the percentage as a fraction out of 100 and

then multiply by the number:

15% of 200
15 15  200
  200 
100 100 .

We can cancel down this fraction by dividing both the numerator (top number) and the
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denominator (bottom number) each by 100 (or simply by cancelling the zeros), to get:
15  200 15  2
  30
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100 1 .

Piecing these parts together tells us that 15% of 200 is 30.