X=percentage in decimal
30x=6
30/30x=6/30
x=1/5=.20
.20=20/100=20%
20%
The difference is referring to subtraction, so the question was most likely something like how much longer is this butterflies wings than this ones. so 4.55 might be one of the lengths and 3 might be the other, so 4.55 - 3 is 1.55.
You use distributive property to distribute the numbers out.
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There are 256 cups of water needed. I hope this helped.