Question

How do you find \[\dfrac{1}{2}\%\] of \[600\]?

Answer 1

Hint: For the given question we are asked to find the \[\dfrac{1}{2}\%\] of \[600\]. So, for solving this question we will use the basic arithmetic operations in mathematics which are multiplication and division of a given number.
To solve this question we will convert the given \[\dfrac{1}{2}\%\] percentage into \[\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{2}}{100}\] and we will multiply the given number according to the given question and find the solution to problems of these percentage kind.

Complete step by step solution:
Firstly, as we mentioned earlier we will convert the percentage into mathematical form.
After converting into mathematical form the expression becomes as follows.
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{2}\%\]
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{2}}{100}\]
Here, we will bring the integer 2 which is in numerator to denominator. So, after doing it the expression will be reduced as follows.
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{200}\]
Now, we will multiply this simplified expression to the number \[600\] so that we get the required solution to the given question.
So, after doing the above mentioned process we get,
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{200}\times 600\]
\[\Rightarrow 3\]
Therefore, we got the required solution for the given question as \[\Rightarrow 3\].

Note: Students must be very careful in calculation. They must know basic division and multiplication. An amount \[ \dfrac{1}{2}\%\] often generally confuses students and they are not sure what it means or how to calculate the fraction of a part. In addition to the answer provided we can also solve this question in another way so that it makes easy for understanding and calculation of the solution. So, I will find \[1\%\] of \[600\] first. So, we get \[\dfrac{1}{100}\times 600\] \[\Rightarrow 6\]. After getting \[ 6\] we know that \[\dfrac{1}{2}\%\] is half of \[1\%\]. Therefore, the complete solution will be \[ \dfrac{1}{2}\times 6=3\].