Question

12 is what percent of $200$ ?

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we have to make an equation in which we have to find the value of a variable which contains the required percentage. Here “is” implies equals to and “of” implies multiplication and percent means division by hundred.

Complete step by step answer:
In the above question
Let the value of required percentage be x.
Now, according to the question.
We have
$ \Rightarrow 12 = \dfrac{x}{{100}} \times 200$
Now on division, we get
$ \Rightarrow 12 = 2x$
$ \Rightarrow x = 6$
Therefore, the required percentage is $6$.

Note:
 To find the percentage of a number when it is in decimal form, you just need to multiply the decimal number by $100$. For example, to convert $0.5$ to a percentage, \[0.5 \times 100 = 25\% .\]The second case involves a fraction. If the given number is in fractional form, first convert it to a decimal value and multiply by $100$. For example, to find the percentage of $\dfrac{1}{6} = 0.1666 \times 100 =16.7\%$