Percentage, gst, decimal

Question 1

How do you find 10% of an item?

Answer 1

Move the decimal point to the left
Or
Divide by 10

Question 2

How do I workout the price of something with GST added?

Answer 2

Add 10% to the price

Question 3

If the price already has GST, how do I work out how much GST HAS BEEN ADDED?

Answer 3

Divide by 11

Question 4

How much is GST?

Answer 4

10%

Question 5

How do I change percent into a decimal?

What is 15% as a decimal?

Answer 5

Move the decimal 2 places to the left.

.15

Question 6

Tell me this as a maths equation

15 percent of 30

Answer 6

15 divided by 100 multiplied by 30

Question 7

If I know the percentage I have and need to find the total number of things. What do I do?

So I know that there are 6 pairs of shoes for children in a shop and that is 15% of shoes in the shop. How many shoes are in the shop?

Answer 7

I find how many in 1% by dividing by the percent i know.
Then I multiply by 100 to find out how much is 100%

6 divided by 15. Then multiply by 100.

Question 8

How many percent are in a whole?

Answer 8

100