Question

25% of what is 13?

Answer 1

25 percent is .25

.25 multiplied by some number equals 13

in other words

.25x = 13, where x is "some number"

what would you do to find the number now?

Answer 2

by the 13 ?

Answer 3

im lost

Answer 4

okay, well, you want to find 25 percent of a number

for instance, 25 percent of 100 is, well, 25.

but you don't know if it's 100, 1000, or any number. you just know it's 25 percent of some number.

so, written with math it would read:

.25x

because .25 is 25% in decimal form

Answer 5

does that make any sense yet?

Answer 6

It's actually a proportion

\[\frac{ 25 }{ 100 } = \frac{ 13 }{ x }\]

cross multiply and solve for 'x'

Answer 7

Because this is asking....25% of WHAT number....is 13

Answer 8

it's 52

Answer 9

Right...52 is correct! :)

Answer 10

yep good job

Answer 11

Thanks guys

Answer 12

No problem :)