Question

What number is 56% of 400? Show ALL of your work.

Answer 1

Answer: 224

Step-by-step explanation:

56% is the same as saying (56/100). When finding a percent of a number, you’re really setting up a ratio with the value x:

(56/100)=(x/400)

Then you just cross multiply:

(56 x 400)/100=x

x=224