Question

write the percent equation in words.A blank is equal to a blank times the whole i have three options percent. whole. part of a whole

Answer 1

A part of the whole is equal to a percent times the whole.

Explanations:

The incomplete statement given is expressed as:

A ________ is equal to a ___________ times the whole

There are three important words to note here:

• Whole

,

• Part of a whole

,

• Percent

Note that we can only determine the part of a whole number by taking some of the percent of the whole number.

For instance, let us say that we have the following;

• Whole number = 50

If I want to take part in the whole number (50), I can just take some percent of 50. If I needed 5 out of 50 for example, I can take 10 percent of 50 as shown:

`5=10\%\text{ of 50}`

From the expression, you can see that

• 5 = part of the whole number

,

• 10% = percent

,

• 50 = whole number

Translating the equation into words will be "A part of the whole(5) is equal to percent (10%) the whole (50)