What is 150 percent of 12?

Answer 1

set up a proportion...

part = %

whole 100

12 = x now solve algebraigally

150 100

1. cross multiply:

12*100 150*x

1200 = 150x

2. divide to get x alone (remember what you do to one side, you do to the other)

1200 = 150x

150 150

3. solve

8 = x

4. plug in your answer to see if it works (:

Answer 2

150 is one-and-a-half hundreds so 12% is one-and-a-half twelves, ie 18

Answer 3

12% of 1250 is 150

Answer 4

Eight (8) percent.

Answer 5

18