Percentage Problems

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3 is what percent of 4?
 
3 appears with the word is:     It's the PART and goes on top.
4 appears with the word of:
    It's the WHOLE and goes on the bottom.

 
We're trying to find the missing PERCENT (out of the whole 100%).
 
In a proportion the cross-products are equal:   So 3 times 100 is equal to 4 times the PERCENT.
 
The missing PERCENT equals 100 times 3 divided by 4.
 
(Multiply the two opposite corners with numbers; then divide by the other number.)
 

 
3 times 100 = 4 times the percent
 
300 = 4 times the percent
 
300/4 = 4/4 times the percent
 
75 =   the percent
 

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