70 is what percent of 1000?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-29T18:18:30

70 is 7% of 1000.

First, let's call the percent we are looking for $p%$ .

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore p% can be written as $p/100$ .

When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".

Putting this altogether we can write this equation and solve for $p$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$70 = p/100 xx 1000$

$70 = p xx 1000/100$

$70 = p xx 10$

$70/10 = (p xx 10)/10$

$7 = p$