A file that is 284 megabytes is being downloaded. If the download is 15.3% complete, how many megabytes have been downloaded? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

"how many megabytes have been downloaded? 

15.3% of 284 megabytes has been downloaded

15.3% may be shown as 153/1000 or 0.153 as needed by the problem.

"Of" usually means multiply.

0.153 * 284 = 43..452 megabytes

Rounded to the nearest tenth, that is:

43.5 megabytes