how to draw percentile?

Question

whats the 5 percent of 1200?

Answer 1

1200 x 5% = 60

Answer 2

We know that a percent is a number out of 100.   1200 is the whole.  We need to know what number out of 1200 is 5 percent.

 

We can set a proportion to find this out.

 

 

x / 1200 = 5 / 100

 

 

Cross multiplying,

 

100x = 6000

    

 

Divide both sides of the equation by 100.

 

      x = 60

 

 

60 is 5% of 1200.