Writing a ratio as a percent, step by step
A percent is nothing more than a ratio out of a hundred, so writing 3.
The question
19 : 25 = 76%
19 : 25→▢ : 100
19× 4 =76
19 : 25=76%
- Percent means "out of a hundred", so this is asking what 19 : 25 would be if the second number were 100.
- 25 × 4 = 100, so scale the other side by the same 4: 19 × 4 = 76.
- So 19 out of 25 is 76 out of a hundred — 76%.
How it works.
- 01
Percent means "out of a hundred", so this is asking what 19 : 25 would be if the second number were 100.
- 02
25 × 4 = 100, so scale the other side by the same 4: 19 × 4 = 76.
- 03
So 19 out of 25 is 76 out of a hundred — 76%.