At first I learned to do these equations as Part÷Whole=Percent÷100 Part(The portion)=300 Whole=X Percent=5 So now you have 300÷X=5÷100 Set this up as a fraction and cross multiply. Now you have 30,000=5x Now divide both sides by 5 and you get x=6,000 6,000 is your answer.
