Question

Complete each blank to find an expression that is equal to 16%.

a. __ for every 100,
b. __for every 50,
c. 1 for every __,
d. 0.5 for every __.

Answer 1

a) 16 per cent is 16 per hundred, so here the answer is 16!

b) 50 is half of a hundret: so it will be half of 16; 8 is the answer

c)

here i will write an equation:


`(1)/(x)= (16)/(100)`

we multiply both sides by x


`= (16x)/(100)`

and multiply by 100


`100=16 x`

and divide by 16


`(100)/(16)= x`

so
`(100)/(16)`

is the answer (this is 6.25)

d) we can use the half of c) like we did in b using half of a:

the answer is 6.25=3.125
\frac{16x}{100}