Question

What percent of 100 is 30?
a. 30%
b. 333%
c. 3.33%
d. 0.3%

Answer 1

We set up a proportion: 30/100= ?/100

Because we have the same denominator, the two numerators must be equivalent.

Therefore, ?= 30.

The correct answer is a. 30%

Answer 2

If you would like to know what percent of 100 is 30, you can calculate this using the following steps:

x% of 100 is 30
x% * 100 = 30
x/100 * 100 = 30
x = 30%

The correct result would be a. 30%.