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?
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.
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 \(\frac{87}{100}\).
The \(87\)% of \(1000\) means \(\frac{87}{100}\times1000\)
\(=\frac{87}{1}\times10\)
\(=87\times10\)
\(=870\)
Therefore the assembly team was able to build 870 units out of the 1000 units threshold.