A person earns $16,700 one year and gets a 5% raise in salary. Whats the new salary?

$16,700 x 1.05 = $17,535.

This can be figured in one step. The 1.00 in the factor represents the existing salary. The .05 represents the raise.

The new salary will be the previous years salary which is $16,700 plus 5% of this salary which is 0.05 times 16,700 or 5 times 16,700 which equals 83,500. This you need to divide by 100 , which gives $835. So the answer is $16,700 + $835 = $17,535

New salary = $17,535

Well if 5% of 16,700 is 835, I think that person would get an 835 dollar raise. You simply take the money earned for a year and figure out what 5% is, and that is the raise. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Or 16,700 * (5%) = 835.

You must hate online calculators too.

Go ask a 5th grader. Hopefully, they are still teaching basic math skills.

Another example of no child left behind and gets moved on without basic knowledge of anything.

multiply the salary by the 5%