Finding the Percent of a Number

Hello, I am going to show you how to find the percent of a number.

An example of a question would be like - 25% of 80 is ? Now to find the percent of a number, you must use a Ratio Table. The ratio table must look like a T-chart:

Example (this is not what it should look like):

(Percents will be below this)-->%<-------------->#<--(Numbers will be below this.)

Now to figure out the answer of the question:

1. You make a T-chart and on the % side, you write 100:

%<-------------->#

100

2. On the # side you write the number, for this question, it is 80:

%<-------------->#

100 80

3.to reach 25% you should start the easy way - divide 100 by 2 = 50%:

%--------------#

100-----------80

50------------

4. Do what you did on the percent side:

%--------------#

100-----------80

50------------40

5.Divide 50 by 2 = 25%:

%--------------#

100------------80

50-------------40

25-------------20

Now we know that 25% of 80 is 20. Another way we would've done it is 100 divided by 4:

%<------------->#

100-----------80

25------------20

And here is a video of another way of finding the Percent of a Number:

Hope you learned something new..!!