I need to know how to turn something into a percent. for example: my paycheck is 1060.80 and they took 159.98 out of it for taxes. What percent of 1060.80 is 159.98? And could you please tell me how you came to this conclusion please. What would the formula be for figuring this out?? I'm having a serious brain fart.
2007-11-22 15:37:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
159.98/1060.80 = 15.08%
2007-11-22 15:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by sahsjing 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
go with the words
what percent is x/100
of means to multiply
is means equal sign
so (x/100) * 1060.80 = 159.98
solve for x and you'll get x =~ 15.08107%
2007-11-22 15:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In your case, 159.98 is 15.08% of 1060.80
To find out the percentage:
part divided by whole * 100
159.98 / 1060.80 = .1508
.1508 * 100 = 15.08%
2007-11-22 15:44:47 · answer #3 · answered by David M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 7- 3rd graders and 14- 8th graders and all but 1 passed to the next grade. What percentage passed?
2015-07-22 02:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by Keima 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let x be the percentage of tax
1060.80 * x% = 159.98
x% = 159.98 / 1060.8
x% = 0.150810708
x = 15.081%
So the percentage of tax is 15.081
2007-11-22 16:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by Chan A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divide the larger amount into the smaller amount. It is a basic math concept, something that if you are in, or beyond the 7/th grade should have already been covered.
2007-11-22 15:42:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 16⤋