healthful diet, it is recoomended that 55% of the daily intake of calories come from carbohydrates

Question

For a healthful diet, it is recommended that 55% of the daily intake of calories come from carbohydrates. find the daily intake of calories from carbohydrates that is appropriate if you want to limit your calorie intake to 1400 calories.

Answer 1

You need to multiply 1400 calories by 55%

to do this just move the decimal place in the percentage over two spaces to the left to get .55 then multiply

.55 x 1400 = 770 calories from carbohydrate.