Finding the Percentage of a Number

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Last updated: 8/16/2025

Key Concepts

  • To determine what percentage one number is of another, divide the part by the whole and multiply by 100.
  • Example: If 20 out of 50 students are girls, the percentage of girls is ((20/50) \times 100 = 40%).

Skills Covered

  • Solve problems asking "What percentage of X is Y?"
  • Express part-to-whole relationships in percentage form.

Example Problems

  • What percentage of 80 is 32?
  • 45 out of 150 students passed the exam. What percentage passed?
  • If 12 out of 60 apples are rotten, what percentage is rotten?

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