Math Percentage Problems. how to do?
like this one. You spent 16% of your vacation money on food. if you spent $48 on food, how much money did you spend on your vacation.
Im not asking you to do the problem, I just want to know how to do it.
like this one. You spent 16% of your vacation money on food. if you spent $48 on food, how much money did you spend on your vacation.
Im not asking you to do the problem, I just want to know how to do it.
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make a box with 4 spots put 100 in the bottom right put the % in the top right put the whole number in the bottom left and you would put the $48 in the top left now you would make an x in the middle and take the 2 numbers that Connect and multiply them so in this case it would be $48 x 100 then you take that number and divide it by the number you have left in the box so it would be $4800 / (divided by) 16 and you have your answer
Use the percentage proportion: part/whole = percent/100. For this one, your proportion would be 48/x = 16/100, where x is the total amount of money spent on the vacation. Solve for x by cross multiplying.
To figure out how much of a percentage something is of something, you would divide by the percentage. So:
48 dollars / 16 percent = 300 dollars
or, 48 / 0.16 = 300
This is simply reversing the opposite equation, that is, how to find out what 16 percent of 300 is. If 300 times 0.16 = 48, then we can manipulate that equation to find out what 48 is 16 percent of.
Remember to use 0.16 for 16 percent, since percent is a fraction. 16/100.
If your total vacation money is X, then you spent 16% of X or 0.16X on food. Since you know this amount, you can set up the equation:
0.16X = $48
=> X = $48/0.16 = $300
Essentially: Since $48 represents 16% of your vacation budget, then the total budget is represented by the amount stated divided by the percentage that amount represents of the total.
$48 represents 16% Hence 100% is $48 x (100/16) or $300.
Well $48 is just 16%. You need to find the 100% you started with.
So divide 48 by 16, and then multiply by 100.
Let x = vacation money
0.16 x = 48
x = 300
Proof
0.16 (300) = 48
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