How Do You Use an Equation to Find a Part of a Whole?

How Do You Use an Equation to Find a Part of a Whole?

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Taking a percent of a number? Trying to figure out the result? Convert the percent to a decimal and multiply it by the number! This tutorial will show you how!

Keywords:

  • problem
  • percent
  • find percent
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  • decimal
  • multiply decimal

Background Tutorials

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