We calculate fractional amounts of a number by multiplying said number by said fraction.
3/5 times 45
Mark showed how to rearrange this calculation (using some commutative properties of arithmetic) into a form that one (who has memorized the multiplication table) may do in their head.
Other people need to use a calculator, by pressing these keys:
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