you can solve this by using is over of equals percent over 100. if you're looking for 5% of 500, then rewrite the sentence like this: What is (Is is now x) 5 percent ( 5 is your percentage) of 500 ( 500 is your of). Then you just plug in the numbers into the equation. So the equation would be this: X over 500 equals 5 over 100. then you cross-multiply the equation like this: multiply 100 and x (100x) and then multiply 5 and 500 (2500) now your equation should be this: 100x=2,500. now divide both sides by 100 to get x by itself, like so: 100x/100=x, 2500/100=25. now you have your answer: x=25 :)
