Question

What percent of 250 is 70?

Answer 1

28% of 250 is 70

Explanation:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Let's call the percent we are looking for `p`. Therefore p% can be written as `p/100`.

When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".
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Putting this altogether we can write this equation and solve for `n` while keeping the equation balanced:

`p/100 xx 250 = 70`

`100/250 xx p/100 xx 250 = 100/250 xx 70`

`cancel(100)/cancel(250) xx p/cancel(100) xx cancel(250) = 7000/250`

`p = 28`