Question

Find the value of the following : 3% of 100

Answer 1

Hint: Here the number is given. We have to find the percentage of that number. So using the “of” operator is nothing but multiplying. So we will first write 3% as a fraction and then will simplify it.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Given is find 3% of 100
Now let’s use “of” operator.
\[ = 3\% \times 100\]
Now we will write 3% in fraction form,
\[ = \dfrac{3}{{100}} \times 100\]
On cancelling 100 we get,
\[ = 3\]
This is the correct answer.
3% of 100 = 3
So, the correct answer is “3”.

Note: Note that we are finding the percentage. Here just note that the “of” operator means multiplication. This is the only thing to note. Sometimes the percentage is given and a number is also given and asked to find a percentage part of it. Here note that as we know x% of 100 is just x since percent is nothing but 100. But any other case that is any number other than 100 we definitely need to calculate.