Michelle budgeted 4% of her monthly income of $1,700.00 for utilities. How much does she plan to spend on utilities?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-04T10:17:47

#4%=$680#

With this type of problem, we always would like to find the % of that amount. As she spends 4% of her budget of $1700 on utilities.

So, therefore, we are trying to find #4% of $1700#

When starting a question like this a simple way is to find #1%# then multiply the value of #1%# by how much we need to (#4)# in this instance.

When finding #1%#, we can divide by #100# as we know 'percent' means out of 100.

#100%=1700#

-> #1%=$170#

We can calculate it or just take away the 0 at the end.

Now as we do not want #1%#, we want #4%#, we multiply the value #($170)# by #4#.

#$170xx4#

If you cannot do this, we can easily split it up simpler.

#$170xx4# -> #$100xx4# and #$70xx4#

#$100xx4=$400#

#$70xx4=$280# as it is the same as #7xx4# with an added #0#.

Adding these two values up:

#$400+$280=$680#

#therefore# #4%=£680#