What number is 75% of 4?
(or Find 75% of 4.)
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The PERCENT always goes over 100.
(It's a part of the whole 100%.)
4 appears with the word of:
It's the WHOLE and goes on the bottom.
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We're trying to find the missing PART (on the top).
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In a proportion the cross-products are equal:
So 4 times 75 is equal to 100 times the
PART.
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The missing PART equals 4 times 75 divided by
100.
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(Multiply the two opposite corners with numbers; then
divide by the other number.)
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4 times 75 |
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100 times the part
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| 300 |
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100 times the part
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| 300/100 |
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100/100 times the part
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| 3 |
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the part
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