Question

25 is what percent less than 35

Answer 1

Difference between 25 and 35 = 35 -25
                                                 = 10
Then
percentage by which 25 is less than 35 =(10/35) * 100
                                                                 = (2/7) * 100
                                                                 = 200/7
                                                                 = 28.57 percent
So 25 is 28.57% less than 35.This is the only clear way of solving these kind of problems. I hope you have understood the method used to solve this problem. Hopefully you can do such type of problems without needing any help.

Answer 2

If you would like to know what percent less than 35 is 25, you can calculate this using the following steps:

x% of 35 is 25
x% * 35 = 25
x/100 * 35 = 25     /*100/35
x = 25 * 100 / 35
x = 71.429
x = 71.43%

100% - 71.43% = 28.57%

Result: 28.57% less than 35 is 25.