Question

Forty-five is 20% of what number?

Answer 1

20 is 1\5th of the numner you want. Multiply 45 by 5 which is 225

Answer 2

2.25 or 225 because i got 2.25

Answer 3

225 is correct if u wanna check take 225*20% to get 45

Answer 4

20% I mean and 225. Think about it it is obciously not going to be smaller then the original number

Answer 5

you might want to think like this:
20% of a number can be thought of as
20% times a number

the other idea to remember is 20% is "short-hand" for 20/100
(which in this case can be simplified to 1/5)

so here is what the question is asking
45 is (i.e. equals) 1/5 times x (x for unknown number)

Answer 6

ok thanks

Answer 7

of course you still have to figure out the number
\[ 45 = \frac{1}{5} x \]
if you learn this trick: multiply both sides by 5:
\[ 5\cdot 45 = 5 \cdot \frac{1}{5} x \]
that simplifies to
\[ 5 \cdot 45 = x\]