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What percent of 30 is 240? My answer is 12.5. Can anyone check and see if thats right? :)
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What percent of 30 is 240? My answer is 12.5. Can anyone check and see if thats right? :)

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Yup! You are absolutely right! I checked and got the same answer! Nice job!
User Khartnett
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To find the percentage, we simply do:
240 / 30 x 100
= 800%
The statement says what percent OF 30 IS 240, not what percent OF 240 is 30. Because you divided 30 by 240 and multiplied by 100, you got 12.5%. It is actually 800%
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