can you help with a maths question?

Question

how do i work out percentages on a calculator. if 40 out of 53 people agree with something what percentage is that.

Answer 1

Divide 40 by 53

40 / 53 = 0.754716981

Multiply the decimal by 100 and attach the % symbol

0.754716981 x 100 = 75.47169811 %

75.47 % rounded tko two decimal places

40 is 75.47 % of 53

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Chedk

Multipy the decimal times 553

0.754716981 x 53 = 40

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Answer 2

I think you do 40/ 53 x 100 to get the percentage.

Answer 3

Divide 40 by 53 and then multiply it by 100. That will give you your percentage. Go grab a calculator!!

Answer 4

remember that the word percentage means literally per hundred.
40 out of 53 means 40 divided by 53 ie 0.7547..
This is a decimal fraction - to change it into a percentage you simply multiply it by 100 thus giving you 75.47%.

Answer 5

In this case the answer is 75.47%

You can work it out by typing 40 divide by 53 and then hit % or type 40 divide by 53 x 100 either way comes up the same.

Answer 6

you find the fraction of people. So, 40/53, put that in the calculator, and multiply that result by 100. That is the percentage.

Answer 7

easy.
(1) type 40, then press /, then type 53, then press *, then type 100, then press =, you got it.
(2) in the form of equaiton 40/53=x/100, find the x is the percentage you want.

Answer 8

first mutiply 40 by 100 the answer after mutiplication is divided by 53 .............. 40 x 100
=4000 /53
=75.47 % of people agree

Answer 9

divide 40 by 53 then multiply by 100. you should get 75.47...%

Answer 10

40 Divided by 53 = 0.754
Multiply this by 100 to get 75.4%