8 is what percent of 5? Plz help
1 Answer
Mar 7, 2018
8 is 160% of 5.
Explanation:
Let's see if we can "translate" this sentence into numbers that we can work with. The 8 is going to stay the same because it's already a number. "Is" indicates an equal sign. "What percent" is something we don't know, so let's go ahead and call it
That gives us the following equation:
To solve for
As a decimal,
To finish isolating
And there you have it; 8 is 160% of 5.