Question

56 is what percent of 800? how do you know when to divide by what?

Answer 1

Try dividing that 800% to get 100% first

Answer 2

Then divide that number by 56 and that is your answer.

Answer 3

Or you could rewrite it in "mathspeak" keeping in mind that "is" means equals, and "of" means to multiply.

Answer 4

Or you can write it as a proportion

Answer 5

56=x% * 800-->56=800x
56/800=.07
In percents it is 7%

Answer 6

\[\frac{ 56 }{ 800 }=\frac{ x }{ 100 }\]

Answer 7

dont give her the answer bruh, she needs to LURN

Answer 8

So true...sorry. Got over-excited for a minute...

Answer 9

all is forgiven brother

Answer 10

sister...just sayin'

Answer 11

brother mother
sister mister
all the same thing right? potato tomato.
lol just kidding, my bad, sister :3

Answer 12

It's all good!

Answer 13

wait i need to know when how to know what to divide....

Answer 14

how do i know its not the other way around with different problems?

Answer 15

im confused

Answer 16

okay so... what you need to understand is, when you want to find out what percent of a number A is number B, you do B divided by A times 100.

100 cos we're dealing with percentages.
and we're doing B/A cos B is some proportion of A.

example. if i say what percentage is 70 out of 100, what i need to know is how much of 70 is in 100, per cent, per 100, that's what it means.

so, i do 70 out of 100 = 70/100 = 0.7

0.7 per cent which means per 100, = 0.7 * 100 = 70

so what percentage of 100 is 70?

70%.

now if we want to know what percentage of 50 is 25?
we'd do 25 out of 50 per cent = (25/50) * 100
=0.5 * 100
=50%

do you understand?

Answer 17

so whatever comes after of is the denominator?

Answer 18

the question can be twisted in many ways. you just have to understand the concept. for now, you can assume what you just said to be always true. but do you get the whole idea?

Answer 19

yea im just confused of where what goes when it comes to the is and of

Answer 20

okay, try solving your question. use my guidelines, let me know what answer you get

Answer 21

7%

Answer 22

correct... but try doing this... 5 oranges and 10 apples in a fruit basket. what's the percentage of apples in the fruit basket?

Answer 23

66.6%

Answer 24

you're good to go xD