Sixty percent of the days in the desert were hot and dry. out of the 365 days, how many were hot and dry?

Sixty percent of the days in the desert were hot and dry. Out of the 365 days, how many were hot and dry? 

Solution is simple.

There are 365 days and 60% of those are hot and dry. What is 60% of 365?
365 x  .60 = 219