Such as what percent is 17 out of 30?
2007-04-27 05:52:02 · 11 answers · asked by kristy_dehaven2001 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
17 divided by 30, then times 100
2007-04-27 05:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Mathematica 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
17/30
2007-04-27 12:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by cArTeR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Percent = fraction 17/30 = 56 2/3 %
2007-04-27 12:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by dwinbaycity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always start by thinking about what it means.
It means "out of a hundred" which is kinda like a fraction, right?
100% being 1.
50% is a half.
25% is one fourth.
33 and a third percent is about one third, and so on.
so, since half of 30 is 15, and 17 is a little bigger than that, it will be a bit over 50%.
Doing this helps you not make dumb boo-boo's by getting the conversion equation wrong, because you can do a reality-check on the answer.
Other people have given the equation, and one even explained it. Again, think in terms of fractions. You've got two fractions, with one piece currently unknown:
something (say, 'x') over 100 (the percent you're looking for) equals 17 over 30
x/100 = 17/30.
So, to get the x by itself on one side of the equation, multiply both sides of the equation by 100.
x = 1700/3000.
Do the division, and the result is your unknown.
Thinking about it this way is better than simply memorizing the formulas, because it's easy to get them confused.
If you understand what things MEAN, you can always figure out the formula for yourself, and be sure of getting it right.
2007-04-27 15:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just divide 17 by 30 and multiply by 100
17/30 will give you how much fraction of 30 is 17
and multiply this fraction with 100 and you'll get the percentage.....
like, 17/30 = 0.5666666
therefore, percentage of 17 out of 30 is 56.67%
2007-04-27 12:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Siddharth A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
percent means "out of 100"
17 out of 30 would be how many out of 100?
17/30 = x/100
multiply both sides by 100
1700/30 = x
divide
1700 / 30 = 56.66 out of 100 or 56.66 percent
2007-04-27 12:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by DanE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
17/30
put 30 into 17.0000
30 into 170 5 times
30into 200 6 times
30 into 200 6 times
30 into 200 6 times
answer 56.66666%
2007-04-27 13:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should first divide 17 by 30 then multiply the result by 100.. And the answer is 56.7% (correct to one decimal place)
2007-04-27 12:57:44 · answer #8 · answered by Mehn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First divide17 by 30 and then multiply by100
that gives 56.66%
2007-04-27 13:03:58 · answer #9 · answered by dazee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 * .17 = 5.10
2007-04-27 12:55:28 · answer #10 · answered by unan1m0us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋