Question

how do u figure out what 18% of 34 is?

Answer 1

Change 18% to a decimal: 0.18

Multiply:

0.18 * 34 = ?

Answer 2

thanks so u move the decimal two to the left on the first #

Answer 3

Right.

18% means 18 parts of 100. Another way of writing that is 18 hundredths or 0.18.

Answer 4

so if u had 4% of 56 it would be o.o4 *56=the answer

Answer 5

Right.

0.04 * 56 = ?

Answer 6

thanks k so what about this...
thirty percent of what number is 120?

Answer 7

how do u figure that out

Answer 8

30% = 0.3

Multiply.

Answer 9

You can set up an equation:

30%= .3, so you'll have

.3x= 120 (where x is the number whose 30% is 120)

x= 120/.3
x= 400

You can check by multiply .3 x 400= 120

So 30% of 400 is 120