What is the answer to what percent of 56 is 7?

Answer 1

To find out what percent 7 is of 56, you can set up a proportion: 7 is what percent of 56. This can be written as 7/56 = x/100, where x is the unknown percentage. Cross multiplying gives you 56x = 700. Dividing both sides by 56 gives x = 12.5%. Therefore, 7 is 12.5% of 56.

Answer 2

To convert a fraction to a percentage multiply it by 100.

The fraction of 56 that is 7 is 7/56 = 1/8

⇒ 7/56 = 1/8 x 100 %

= 121/2 %