Question

What percent of 60 is 12?

Answer 1

x*60 = 12
solve for x then turn it into a decimal

Answer 2

Another way to think about it is that 12 is a fifth of 60. What is a fifth of hundred?

Answer 3

then turn it into a percent*

Answer 4

yes this is also a good idea, but if the numbers are strange use the first method.

Answer 5

like what percent of pi is 3.078

Answer 6

Yeah.

Answer 7

In maths, "of" ususally means times.
Is means equal.
Percent means /100
An unknown is x.
Put it all together and you get:
What percent of 60 is 12?
x% of 60 = 12
x/100 * 60 = 12
x/100 = 12/60
x = 12*100/60
x = 20
Answer 20%