Question 92084
what percent of 65 is 40?


Lets look at some easier problems:

What percent of 4 is 2?

By inspection, we can see that 2 is 2/4 or 1/2 of 4 and 1/2 is 50%.  Simply divide 1/2 out and you get 0.5 or 50%.  To change a decimal to a percent, simply move the decimal point two places to the right.  Actually, we could just as well say: what fractional part of 4 is 2?

What percent of 9 is 3?

By inspection, we can see that 3 is 1/3 of 9 and 1/3=0.333333 or 33.3333%.

Now lets look at your problem:

By inspection, we can see that 40 is 40/65 of 65. When we divide this out we get:0.615385 or 61.5385%

CK
65*(0.615385)=40
40=40

Hope this helps--------------------ptaylor