Understand the question: Understand what is being asked.We need to calculate 10% of 150. This means we need to find out what amount is 10 out of every 100 parts of 150.
Convert to decimal: Convert the percentage to a decimal.To calculate a percentage of a number, we convert the percentage to a decimal. 10% as a decimal is 0.10.
Multiply to find result: Multiply the decimal by the number.Now we multiply 0.10 by 150 to find 10% of 150.0.10×150=15
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