Question

26 out of 65 as a percentage
How would you do that without a calculator?

Answer 1

40%

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Explanation:

65 = 100%

0.65 = 1%

26 = x%

x = (26 ÷ 0.65)%

x = 40%

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Answer 2

40%

Explanation:

you would first simply the fraction down

13 goes into both numbers so the fraction can be simplified to

2/5 which is think is simply enough to know that 2/5 is 40% but if not the explanation would be

100÷5 =20

20 x by the 2 from the fraction

= 40%