Question

What is 32% of 80?

Answer 1

32% of 80 is 25.6

Explanation:

Let's call the number we are looking for `x`.

Percent or `%` means "per 100" or "out of 100" so `32%` can also be written as `32/100`

In the problem above, when calculating percents, the word "of" means the product or times or `xx`.

So we can write an equation for the solution we are trying to find as"

`x = (32/100) xx 80`

Doing the necessary arithmetic allows us to solve for `x` as follows:

`x = (32 xx 80)/100`

`x = 2560/100`

`x = 25.6`