SOLUTION: What percent of 40 is 4?

Question 582583: What percent of 40 is 4?

Found 3 solutions by jim_thompson5910, josmiceli, unlockmath:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
40x = 4

x = 4/40

x = 1/10

x = 0.1

So 10% of 40 is 4.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Percent mean " per one-hundred "
Another way to ask this question is
" Express as a percent "

10% of 40 is 4
Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
I'll give you a hint---some words in math have special meanings.
"of" means multiply
"is" means equal
What percent of 40 is 4?
We can write this as:
percent times 40 equals 4
p (40)=4
Divide both sides by 40 to get:
p=.10
or
10%
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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