You mean 60%of 5 1/2? that makes more sense...
i would do it like this:
(60% is the same as
(so that there is no confusion, i've put it into an improper fraction
now we can multiply:
which is 3.3.
so 60% of 5 and a half is 3.3.
Deny are adjacent. Adjacent means "beside each other".
Both work but if it is a decrease using the first one it will be -xx%
Hope this helps :)