What is 60% of $80. dollars

there are many ways to answer this problem. you can use portions and you can change the percent to a decimal.

the portions way is you do 60/100 = x/80

you do cross multiply so 60*80 and you get 4800 then you divide by 100.

or the easier way you convert the percent to a decimal and the you multiply it with the cost

0.6*80=48