24 is 40% of what number ?

1 answer:

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<span>40% * x = 24

We simply the 40% into either 2/5 (40/100) or 0.40. I will show both ways:

(using 2/5)

(2/5)x = 24

We multiply each side by 5, and divide by 2 (or multiply by 5/2)

(5/2)(2/5)x = 24(5/2) = (10/10)x = 120/2

Simplified, we get x = 60. So 40% of 60 is 24.

Here is the same problem again, this time written out with 0.40 instead of 2/5

0.40(x) = 24

(I like to multiply by 100 to get an even 40 instead of .40, so I am going to multiply each side by 100 to make things a little easier).

40x = 2400

Divide each side by 40 to isolate x

x = 2400/40

We simply to get x = 60, the same answer. s</span><span>oo 24 is 40% of 60 :)
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