Question 40026
<pre><font size = 5><b>0.5 percent of 80?

0.5% must first be changed to a decimal by
moving the decimal point right two places and
removing the % sign.

0.5% = 0.005

So the problem becomes

0.005 times 80 or 0.4

Edwin McCravy
AnlytcPhil@aol.com</pre>