0
Divide 100 by the known percentage and multiply the result by the known part. This will calculate the whole.
Example:
£10 is equal to 25%.
Thus the whole = (100/25) * 10 = £40.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is part of a whole expressed in hundredths?
percent
What word states that the part equals the percent multiplied by the whole?
Percent equation
How do you find the percent of change of 0.32 to 0.37?
The increase from 0.32 to 0.37 is 0.05. To find out what part of 0.32 0.05 is, divide them. 0.05 divided by 0.32 = 0.15625 = 15.625%
How are decimals and percents alike?
they both show part of a whole number.
Can you define the terms base rate and portion in math?
Base is a number that represents the whole 100%. It is the whole to which something is being compared, usually follows the word of.Rate is the percent that is multiplied times the base that indicates what part of of the base we are trying to compare to. RATE IS NOT A WHOLE NUMBER.Portion is an amount, part, or portion the results from multiplying the base times the rate. BxR. NOT EXPRESSED AS A PERCENT; PORTION IS EXPRESSED AS A NUMBER
How do you find a number when a percent of it is known?
Divide (the known part) by (the percent). The quotient is the whole unknown number.
How do you find part if you have whole and percent?
Part = Whole*Percent/100
How do you find percent of total?
Divide a part of the whole by the whole and then multiply what you get by 100. This will give you the percentage of the part.
What formula do you use to find PERCENT?
part over whole
How do you find the percent of an amount?
divide the part, by the whole, then multiply your answer by 100
What Part of a whole is represented by a percent that is 100?
The whole part - all of it.
What are the characteristics of a percent?
a part of a whole
What is part of a whole expressed in hundredths?
percent
When you already have a percent of the whole number how do you find out what that whole number is?
When expressing a math problem in words, the word "of" almost always means "multiply". Say that you know that 1199.91 is [equals] 23 percent of a number. The right side of the obvious equation is .23(a number), or .23x. 1199.91 equals .23x and all you have to do is divide both sides by .23 to find your answer. 1199.91/.23 is equal to 5217. If you have the part and the percent but you need to find the whole then this is the equation....for example 11 is 80% of_____? to figure it out you use this part over whole =percent over 100.... P =part, w=whole, and percent=x it looks like p x _ = _ w 100 The anser to my example one is W=13.75
What word states that the part equals the percent multiplied by the whole?
Percent equation
What is a percent used to calculate?
Part of a whole where the whole contains 100 units.
What is used to name a part of a whole?
A fraction or decimal or percent
