What is 115% of 600?

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liiipstick0j2 · Accepted Answer

Answer: 115% of 600 is 690 Explanation: 115% is equivalent to the fraction 115100. Hence 115% of 600 is equivalent to 115100 of 600. i.e. 115100×600 =115(⧸100)1×⧸6006 =115×6 =690

tonouyh3 · Accepted Answer

115% means the full amount of 600 and then another 15% as well.
Your answer should obviously be more than 600.
This puzzles many people because they think of a percentage as only being less than 100%
The quickest method as shown elsewhere as well is:

\frac{115}{100} \times 600

= 690

But it might be clearer what it means if we do 2 calculations.

100 % \times 600 = 600

15 % \times 600 = 90

(100 % + 15 %) \times 600 = 600 + 90 = 690

It is worth noting that 115% can be considered as a improper fraction where the numerator is bigger than the denominator.
Multiplication by an improper fraction always increases the number.

600 \times \frac{115}{100} = 690

(which is an increase from 600)

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