What is 25% of ($)22?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-04T15:00:18

$$ 5.5$ $$5.5$

$\frac{25}{100} \cdot $ 22$ $25/100*$22$

$\frac{550}{100}$ $550/100$

$= $ 5.5$ $=$5.5$

Answer 2 · 2018-06-04T15:00:54

$$ 5.50$ $$5.50$

To solve this problem, turn it into an equation. Here are some tips to remember:

"Is" means "equals", so wherever you see "is", use a $=$ $=$ sign.
"Of" means "multiplication", so use a $\times$ $xx$ sign when you see that word.
$25 %$ $25%$ is the same as $\frac{25}{100}$ $25/100$ as a fraction, or $0.25$ $0.25$ as a decimal. I'm going to use the fraction form in the equation.
Use variables for the things you do not know. I will use the variable $x$ $x$ .

$stackrel(x)overbrace"What"stackrel(=)overbrace"is"stackrel(25/100)overbrace"25%"stackrel(xx)overbrace"of"stackrel(22)overbrace"22"$

$x = 25/100 xx 22$

$x = 25/100 xx 22/1$

$uarr$ anything over 1 is itself, so putting 22 over 1 does not change it's value

$x = (25 xx 22)/(100 xx 1)$

$x = 550/100$

$x = 5.5$

$$5.50$ is $25%$ of $$22$ .