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We always teach this to set it up as a proportion, using key words "is/of". Percents are always out of 100, so:
30/100 = 96/x
The reason 96 is on the top, is because the problem says "96 is". Now, cross multiply to solve your proportion. 96*100=9,600. 9,600/30=320.
So 30% of 320 is 96.
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