Pl 30 points what is 58% of 18 plz show work and explain

Hiya!

Edit: Let me know if I'm wrong. :/

So, 18 is considered whole and 100% in this case. Half, or 50%, is 9. 1/3, or 33%, is 8.

How do we know all of this?

First of all, you devide 18/2 to get 9. That's simple. Divide 18/3 to get 8, which is also simple.

However, what isn't so easy is calculating 58%, unfortunately. Look at the HUGE gap just between 8 and 9- a 17% difference!

That means we have to go decimal. *dramatic music plays*

Half of 17 is 8.5. We know this because 16/2=8, and you add .5 to it to make 17. But, what does this have to deal with anything?

Well, if you chop 17% in half, you get 8.5%. That's how much is in .5 in this equation.

There's your answer. 58(.5)% is 8.5. If your teacher doesn't accept this number, you can try halving 8.5% to get 4.25%, which would make it 58.25%. (I think. It's getting complicated now).

Either way, you're going to have decimals.

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