Question

If 18% of a number is 24, find 3% of that number.

Answer 1

Explanation:

You could do this in one step, but I think you should do it the long way until you discover the short way yourself.

18/100 x = 24 Multiply both sides by 100

18x = 24 * 100

18x = 2400 Divide by 18

x = 2400/18

x = 133.3333

Now what you need to do is take 3% of 133.3333

3/100 * 133.3333 Multiply by 3

400/100 = 4