Question

find a 6% sales tax on a sale of $984

Answer 1

6% means 6/100

Answer 2

what is 6% of 984
of means multiplication

Answer 3

like this saying i have 3 apples or "3 of apples "
or 5 of bananas
is like saying 3* apples
or 5*bananas
in same way 6% of 984 is same as

6%*984 or
6/100 * 984

Answer 4

someone just decided that writing /100 for everything gets tedious so lets make up this sybom called perCent
ore per 100 in playing english
6 perCent means 6 per 100 or 6/100

Answer 5

if you are american now you know why we call them Cents and Dollars
1 cent is short for 1/100 dollar