Question

What number is $62\% $ of $50?$

Answer 1

Hint: As we can see that in the above question we have to find an unknown number i.e. we have to find a number which is $62\% $of $50$. We will first assume that the required number. If there is a number $x$ and one wants to find the $y\% $ of $x$, then we just multiply and put it in the equation i.e. $y\% \,of\,x = \dfrac{{xy}}{{100}}$.

Complete step-by-step answer:
As per the question we have to find a number which is $62\% $ of $50$.
So by applying the above method we have $x = 50$ and $y = 62$.
The required equation is $62\% $ of $50$, which gives us $\dfrac{{50 \times 62}}{{100}}$. On further solving we have $\dfrac{{3100}}{{100}} = 31$.
Hence the required number $62\% $ of $50$ is $31$.
So, the correct answer is “31”.

Note: Before solving this kind of question we should always first try to understand the statement of the equation and then try to put it in the form of a mathematical equation. We can also always cross check our answer by putting the value back as in the above case we can see that if we put the $50$ to the right hand side we have $\dfrac{{31}}{{50}} = 0.62$, and in the percentage form we can write it as $\dfrac{{62}}{{100}} = 62\% $.