How Do You Use a Proportion to Find a Whole?

How Do You Use a Proportion to Find a Whole?

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Taking a percent of a number? Trying to figure out the result? Use a percent proportion to solve! This tutorial will show you how!

Keywords:

  • percent proportion
  • whole
  • number
  • percent
  • part
  • proportion
  • solve
  • solve whole
  • known part
  • known percent

Background Tutorials

  • Introduction to Algebraic Expressions

      • What is a Variable?What is a Variable?

      What is a Variable?

      You can't do algebra without working with variables, but variables can be confusing. If you've ever wondered what variables are, then this tutorial is for you!

  • Solving One-Step Equations

  • Working with Proportions

  • Percents and Percent Proportions

      • What's a Percent?What's a Percent?

      What's a Percent?

      Sales tax, tips at restaurants, grades on tests... no matter what you do, you can't run away from percents. So watch this tutorial and see once and for all what percents are all about!

      • What's a Percent Proportion?What's a Percent Proportion?

      What's a Percent Proportion?

      Percents are important, and the reality is that percents are actually proportions in disguise. In this tutorial you'll see exactly how to connect percents with proportions, and you'll be happier for it :)

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