Question

If 50% is 10 what is 25%​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:. The first says “I know that 10 is one-tenth of 100. I will therefore divide 50 by 10. The answer is 5”.

This is fine when the numbers are relatively simple. But suppose the numbers are more complicated.

What is 22% of 46?

Now it’s much less straightforward. You can’t just work out what 22% is, expressed as a fraction, and anyway, it’s not a simple fraction.

Instead, you have to divide 46 into 100 equal parts, and work out what 22 of them would be when added together.

So: 46 ÷ 100 = 0.46 [remember, when you divide by 100, you move the decimal point two places to the left].

0.46 × 22 = 10.12

Answer: 22% of 46 is 10.12.

Hope this helped :)