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Example Question #73 : Percentages
is one-third of , which is four-fifths of . What percent of is ?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
is four-fifths of , so .
is one-third of , so
is of ; the percent equivalent is that is
of
Example Question #74 : Percentages
is three-fourths of and three-fifths of . What percent of is ?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
For simplicity's sake, we will set
; this reasoning is independent of the value of .is three-fourths of - that is,
.
Since
is also three-fifths of ,
To find what percent
is of , calculate:
Example Question #71 : Percentages
What is
% of 60?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
% of 60 can be calculated as follows:
Example Question #76 : Percentages
is what percent of ?
Round to the nearest whole percent.
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
To calculate what percent
is of , evaluate:
The closest answer is 93%.
Example Question #72 : Percentages
30% of
is equal to 40% of what number?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
30% of
is equal to . Divide by 40%, or , to get
Example Question #73 : Percentages
percent of 1,000 is equal to what percent of 5,000?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
percent of 1,000 is equal to
This is
Example Question #74 : Percentages
0.5 is what percent of 0.001 ?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
To find what percent 0.5 is of 0.001, evaluate:
Example Question #604 : Concepts
is 30% of ; is 42% of .
is what percent of ?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
We can choose a specific value for
; the reasoning is independent of this value.Assume
. Then
and
To find out what percent
is of , calculate:
Example Question #605 : Arithmetic
is 40% of , which is 60% of . What percent of is ?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
This reasoning is independent of the value of
, so choose for simplicity's sake.is 60% of , which is 60. is 40% of this, or
.
To determine what percent
is of , calculate:
Example Question #606 : Arithmetic
is four-fifths of , which is three-fifths of . By what percent must be increased to get ?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
This reasoning is independent of the value of
, so, for simplicity's sake, we will set .is three-fifths of , so .
is four-fifths of , so .
To find out by what percent
must be increased to yield , we calculate:
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