Name: lakarrieh

Who is asking: Student

Question:
4 is 50% of what number?



Hi Lakarrieh,

The word percent means "per" or "out of" one-hundred. Thus 50% is 50 out of 100. That is  50/100. But  50/100 = 1/2 so your question can be reworded "4 is  1/2 of what number?"

Cheers,
Penny
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