$35% " of " 350$ is what number?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-02T19:49:07

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"Percent" or " $%$ " means "out of 100" or "per 100".

Therefore $35%$ can be written as $35/100$ .

When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".

Finally, lets call the number we are looking for " $n$ ".

Putting this altogether we can write this equation and solve for $n$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$n = 35/100 xx 350$

$n = 12250/100$

$n = 122.5$

$122.5 " is " 35% " of " 350.$

35% " of " 35035% " of " 350 is what number?