Question

George forgot to pay his cable phone bill this month. The late fee is 15% of his original bill. His original bill was $104. How much will the late fee be?

Answer 1

What do you think we should do?

Answer 2

proportions

Answer 3

main numbers 12, 104, 15

Answer 4

Hey there, I can help you :)

Answer 5

great

Answer 6

So, percents seem a lot harder than they are, so try to stay with me for this XD

Answer 7

So, first off, you need to make the percent into a workable number, so a decimal.

Answer 8

.15

Answer 9

yeah, 0.15 :D

Answer 10

Then you just multiply 0.15 by the number.

0.15 x 104 = ____

Answer 11

15.6

Answer 12

yeah!

Answer 13

Great job! :)

Answer 14

that is thanks