Question

The daily production goal for the assembly team is 1000 units. they achieved 87% of their goal today. how many units did the assembly team build?

Answer 1

The answer is 870, 87% of 100 is 87units, 87% of 100 is 870units, If it's a nice number like that you can simplify it and make it easier for yourself.

Answer 2

Total number of units to be built in the day
`=1000\: units`.

But due to some circumstances they couldn't meet their threshold, they produced only
`87`% of
`1000` units.

We apply our knowledge in finding the percentage of a given quantity to obtain the quantity produced.

The 'of' means multiplication.

The
`87`% means
`(87)/(100)`.

The
`87`% of
`1000` means
`(87)/(100)*1000`


`=(87)/(1)*10`


`=87*10`


`=870`

Therefore the assembly team was able to build 870 units out of the 1000 units threshold.