To find 5% of 30 (Five Percent of Thirty) we need to think of the % (percent) as “per 100”. That means that 5% can be represented as the fraction 5/100.

Now we can use the fraction to find two percent of five.

The “of” in a percentage of a number problem can be interpreted as multiplication. So we can take the fraction we found above (5/100) and multiply that by 30.

5/100 x 30 = 0.05 x 30 = 1.5

Therefore, 5% of 30 is equal to 1.5

You can use this general method to find the percent of other numbers as well, not just five percent of thirty.

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