Percentage help?

[jojo]

How do I work out the percentage of one number from another?

i.e Total 59

Made up of
11
39
9

if 59 is the total...what percentages do the 11, 39, and 9 make up?

thank you.

[mm19]

put 100 over the total and X over the number you're trying to find.


X/11 = 100/59

Cross multiply and solve for X.
Here is a page where you can check your answers
homepages.ihug.com.au/~shane007/maths/percent.html

[equin0x]

11/59 * 100 = 18.6 %
39/59 * 100 = 66.1 %
9/59 * 100 = 15.3 %

All answers are to 1DP

**edit

if the guy is wanting to find a percentage, why confuse him with algebra? Oo

[jojo]

Thanks all.

I know these probably seem like silly questions but I have just forgotten it all since I went to school.

Thanks for the replies!

Jojo