Question

What percent of 80 is 56?

Answer 1

`70%`

Explanation:

We can also ask this as "56 is what percent of 80?#

Dividing `56/80` will give decimal answer of `0.70`

Change it into a percentage by `xx 100%`

`56/80 xx 100% = 0.70 xx 100% = 70%`

We could also have worked with equivalent fractions where one fraction has a denominator of 100.

`56/80 xx 1.25/1.25 = 70/100 = 70%`