Question

There are 12000 films on Netflix. 5% of the films are horror. How many films are horror?

Answer 1

5 per cent means 5/100 or .05
(Cent means 100.... centipede has 100 legs, centigrade is based on 100, cent. Five pennies is five cents or .05)
Whenever you see the word “of” you multiply
So .05 X 12,000
600

Answer 2

600, you multiply the total amount (12000) by the 5$ (.05) and get 600 movies