33% of what number is 66?
2 Answers
Nov 16, 2016
Let
Nov 16, 2016
33% of 200 is 66.
Explanation:
This can be written as "33% of x is 66"
"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 33% can be written as
When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply". So we can again restate this as:
Solving for