Question 623662
The key word is "of".  Of means multiply.  What % of 25 is 5 means x%*25=5 or 5*x%=25.<P>
x% = 5/25 = .2.  Remember % means a number divided by 100, so multiply .2 by 100 to find the %.  It's .2 * 100 = 20%.<P>
For the second one it's 25 = x%*5.  So x% = 25/5 = 5*100 = 500%.
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