Question 582583
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
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