Sixty is what percent of 50?

A.

30%

B.

90%

C.

110%

D.

120%

Question

Sixty is what percent of 50?
  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
 
30%
   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
 
90%
   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
 
110%
   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
 
120%

solomonzelman · Answer

50 is 100 percent of 50, correct?
then 10 is 1/5 of 50 (or 20% of it).

so 50+10 is what percent of 50 ?

rayman5766 · Answer

C

anonymous · Answer

im pretty sure it is c :)

rayman5766 · Answer

yea I was thinking the same thing before I ask I just wanted to make sheer it was alos I am typing super fast

anonymous · Answer

I would go with C

anonymous · Answer

D

solomonzelman · Answer

another way to go about this,
`50 is x percent of 60` would be same as `100 is x percent of 120`

solomonzelman · Answer

and that would be even more obvious

solomonzelman · Answer

and yes, it is D.
Not C!

anonymous · Answer

i was just about to explain it but then @SolomonZelman  beat me to it...

solomonzelman · Answer

I didn't really explain the usual way to do it. I (as usual) try to propose the fastest approaches and tricks.

anonymous · Answer

sorry i didnt know it wasnt c. i'm not really good at math.

anonymous · Answer

oh duh! Yea that one tripped me up a bit, I had the two numbers flipped around lol sorry, yea it's D

anonymous · Answer

do i get a medal for giving the correct answer?

anonymous · Answer

yay :)