Question

2 3 is what percent of 1 6 ?

Answer 1

% / 100 = is / of, so you have % / 100 and 16/23. you cross multiply, which the numbers are 2300=16x. then you divide both sides by 16 to get x by itself. the answer is 143.75 . you can plug it in if you don't believe me. 143.75 / 100 = 1.4375 and 23/16 = 1.4375

Answer 2

You mean 23 is what percent of 16 right?

Well let's divide and multiply by 100.

23 / 16 = 1.4375 ≈ 1.440
1.440 * 100 = 144.0

Therefore 23 is approximately 144% (exact. 143.75%) of 16.

You can confirm by answer by multiplying 16 by 1.4375.