What percent of 1985 is 60 or maybe what percent of 60 is 1985?

Answer 1

You are asking two distinct questions, and it seems you are unsure which is the right one, or what they mean. This may help you understand the basic concept: "What percent of 1985 is 60?" Is really asking-- How much of 1985 is 60? or: How much of this big number is this smaller number? If you understand that 100% of a thing is the whole thing, then you can see that the answer to this question will be quite a bit lower than 100%. 60 is a relatively small fraction of 1985.

x(1985) is equal to 60

x is equal to 60/1985

In the above, x is equal to .0302 rounded, and expressed as a percent it will be 3.02%. 60 is 3.02% of 1985 (not exact, but close, because 60/1985 goes out for many decimal places.

Your second question is "What percent of 60 is 1985?" This is asking how much of 60, a relatively small number, is 1985, a much larger number?How do I express 1985 as a percent of 60? 100%of 60 is 60, and that falls far short of 1985. So Iknow the answer is going to be much bigger than 100%. I really want to know "What do I multiply 60 by in order to get 1985?"

x(60) is equal to 1985

x is equal to 1985/60

In the above, x is equal to 33.083, and expressed as a percent this is 3308.3%. 1985 is 3308.3% of 60.

Another basic example: What percent of 84 is 42? 42 is 50% of 84. What percent of 42 is 84?84 is 200% of 42. In mathematical word problems, the word 'of' pretty much always means 'times', or 'multiplied by'.