Question

what is75% of 50

Answer 1

37.5

Answer 2

which is 50*0.75

Answer 3

Replace "what" with X, replace "%" with ÷100, and replace "of" with * (multiplication).

Answer 4

Oh, and replace "is" with = .

Answer 5

The best thing to do, here is first think about it. 100% of 50 is 50. Thus, 75% should be a little less than 50. Whatever you do, if you get 200, you can know for sure that you wandered off.

Answer 6

X = (75/100)(50)

Answer 7

@tkhunny , good estimation tip!

Answer 8

Yall are so confusing. its just .75 multiplied on 50= 37.5. thas it.

Answer 9

Here's a quick way to simplify it:
\[\large x=\frac{75}{100}\cdot 50 \rightarrow x=\frac{75}{\cancel{100}2}\cdot \cancel{50}1 \rightarrow x=\frac{75}{2}\]

Answer 10

@jen1511 , but why does that work? What is your explanation for that?

Answer 11

My explanation is, use the damn calculator, and you'll get the correct answer.

Answer 12

How will @christina11 or anyone else know what the proper sequence of keypunches is on a calculator if they don't understand the reasoning behind it?

Answer 13

you dont need to. i just explained what to do. 75% is .75 you multiply that on the original number which is 50. period.

Answer 14

You explained *what to do* for *this single particular problem.*
You did not explain *how to do( it in general in a way that can be applied to *any* similar problems. Do you see the difference?

Answer 15

You are not teaching, you are giving mechanical instructions. That's fine for programming robots, but I prefer to educate human minds.

Answer 16

no i was just trying to keep it simple and get straight to what @christina11 asked for in the first place. she asked for an ANSWER not a huge explanation.

Answer 17

You DO have to get into your head this concept:

"75% of" = "0.75 *" = "75% *" = "(75/100) *" = "(3/4) *"

If you don't have enough experience to flow smoothly between the percentage, the decimal, and the fraction (and maybe the words), you need to back up a little and reinforce that idea.

one-half = 1/2 = 0.50 = 50/100 = 50%

Practice just to get fluent at it!