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I cannot understand on how to solve these 2 problems.
1. What percentage of 70 is 5?
2. What number is 20% of 500?
Please explain.

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Questioner:   Robert
Category:  Advanced Math
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Subject:  Percentage
Question:  I cannot understand on how to solve these 2 problems.
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Hi, Robert,

1. What percentage of 70 is 5?

Something times 70 = 5.
This is a division:

5 divided by 70 = .071428571428571428571428571428571, which you can round off to
.07, and change to a percentage by multiplying by 100:  100 * .07 = 7 %




2. What number is 20% of 500?
Please explain.

Something = 20% times 500
20% is 0.2

Something = 0.2 times 500 = 100

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