According to a recent poll,  of voters plan on voting for this candiate for president. If there are 175 million voters total, how many will vote for this candiate?

So out of a total of 175 million, (175,000,000), 34% will vote for this candiate. To find that number, change your percent to a decimal and multiply:

So a total of  people will vote for this presidential candiate.

Write the term seventy percent.  This can be rewritten as a decimal by removing the percent sign sign and move the decimal place back two spaces.  

Additionally, we can also choose to rewrite the seventy percent into a fraction out of 100 parts, which can be reduced to seven-tenths:

The word "of" means multiply.

Multiply  with .

The answer is .

Write six percent in either fractional or decimal form.  A percentage is a number out of 100 parts.

Multiply either number with five to find the part from the whole.

This value can also be expressed as:

The answer is:  

To find a percentage of a whole, we simply multiply the percentage and the whole number together.  So,

12% of 76

can be written as

If we multiply this out, we get 9.12.

Therefore, 12% of 76 is 9.12.

Write  as a fraction.

Multiply this fraction by ten.

Reduce this fraction by finding its multiples.

The answer is .

Convert the percentage into a decimal by moving the decimal place back two spaces.

This number is also recognized as .

Multiply this number with twenty five.

The answer is:  

Ten percent is ten out of 100 parts.

This fraction can be reduced to .

Multipy this fraction with twenty.

The answer is:  

The graduation rate among seniors at a local high school is  . If there are 545 seniors, how many of  them will not graduate?

To answer this question, we need to be careful how we set it up, and careful that we answer the correct question.

We need to find the number of senior who will not graduate. Not the number who will.

To do so, we can first find the percentage who will not graduate. This will be:

Next, change our percent to a decimal:

Finally, multiply our total number of seniors by the decimal we just got to get:

So our answer is 65.

The graduation rate among seniors at a local high school is  . If there are 545 seniors, how many of  them will not graduate?

To answer this question, we need to be careful how we set it up, and careful that we answer the correct question.

We need to find the number of senior who will not graduate. Not the number who will.

To do so, we can first find the percentage who will not graduate. This will be:

Next, change our percent to a decimal:

Finally, multiply our total number of seniors by the decimal we just got to get:

So our answer is 65.

A percentage is a value over 100 parts.  

Forty percent is:  

Multiply this fraction with 800.

Reduce the fraction.  

Forty percent of 800 is 320.

The answer is: