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moonmist09
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Math Help!
i always s u c k e d at math and hoping some of you can help me with this.
Can someone teach me or show me how to figure out if 2 numbers are at least 60% of each other.
Let me explain.
if the first # is 25 and the second number is 49, how can you find out if 49 is at least 60% of the first number?
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blu6385
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Re: Math Help!
I am curious to know this too cause I am unsure.
the way I would do it is I would time 25 time it by 60% that would give you 15 then add 25 to it which is then 40 so I would say then I would say yes 49 is at least 60% of 25 its actually more
but I have no idea if I am correct or not 
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mrsm-2011
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Re: Math Help!
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps! 
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chilltocam
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Math Help!
Do you want to know if 25 is at least 60% of 49, or if 49 is at least 60% of 25. Sorry, I'm a bit confused by the way your question is worded.
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moonmist09
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by blu6385
I am curious to know this too cause I am unsure.
the way I would do it is I would time 25 time it by 60% that would give you 15 then add 25 to it which is then 40 so I would say then I would say yes 49 is at least 60% of 25 its actually more
but I have no idea if I am correct or not
so you did this?
25 x 60% = 15
15+ 25 = 40
why did you add 25 to the 15?
i really have no idea
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| Posted 3/14/16 1:00 PM |
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moonmist09
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by chilltocam
Do you want to know if 25 is at least 60% of 49, or if 49 is at least 60% of 25. Sorry, I'm a bit confused by the way your question is worded.
i want to know if 49 has increased from 25 by at least 60% if that helps
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Momma2015
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Re: Math Help!
I think you mean is 25 at least 60% of 49.... right? If so, I'd just multiply 49 by .60 which gives you 29.4. Since that's more than 25, no, it's not more than 60%.
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moonmist09
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by mrsm-2011
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps!
i think i meant to say is 49 at least 60% of 25.
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Pomegranate5
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by mrsm-2011
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps!
i think i meant to say is 49 at least 60% of 25.
Are you asking if the increase from 25 to 49 is at least 60% of the original starting number (25)?
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blu6385
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by blu6385
I am curious to know this too cause I am unsure.
the way I would do it is I would time 25 time it by 60% that would give you 15 then add 25 to it which is then 40 so I would say then I would say yes 49 is at least 60% of 25 its actually more
but I have no idea if I am correct or not
so you did this?
25 x 60% = 15
15+ 25 = 40
why did you add 25 to the 15?
i really have no idea
now seeing all the answers I am even more confused I was thinking you need to know what 60% more of 25 so you would add the 15 to get that. I was doing the opposite of what 60% less of 25 would be (you know if a sale in a store is 60% off a price you would take 25 times its by 60% so that would be 15 off and the price would only 10)
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2BadSoSad
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Re: Math Help!
google percentage calculator and it'll just do it for you
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moonmist09
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by Pomegranate5
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by mrsm-2011
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps!
i think i meant to say is 49 at least 60% of 25.
Are you asking if the increase from 25 to 49 is at least 60% of the original starting number (25)?
yes, this exactly!!!!!!!!!
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blu6385
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by Pomegranate5
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by mrsm-2011
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps!
i think i meant to say is 49 at least 60% of 25.
Are you asking if the increase from 25 to 49 is at least 60% of the original starting number (25)?
yes, this exactly!!!!!!!!!
so then I want to say my answer is correct. but I cant be confident in it
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moonmist09
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by 2BadSoSad
google percentage calculator and it'll just do it for you
thanks, but i want to learn how to do it
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MrsT809
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Math Help!
So you want to know the percent increase from 25 to 49? I use the formula: change/original x 100
So in this case 24 (the change or difference between the two numbers) divided by 25 (the original number) and then multiply by 100.
24/25*100= 96. So the answer as I read it would be yes, it's more than a 60% increase.
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Pomegranate5
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by Pomegranate5
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by mrsm-2011
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps!
i think i meant to say is 49 at least 60% of 25.
Are you asking if the increase from 25 to 49 is at least 60% of the original starting number (25)?
yes, this exactly!!!!!!!!!
So 49/25 = 1.96. It's an increase of 96%.
Also, 49-25 = 24. Then 24/25 = 96%.
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mrsm-2011
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by blu6385
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by Pomegranate5
Posted by moonmist09
Posted by mrsm-2011
Start with 25 over 49 as a fraction. You are going to cross multiply 25/49 by x/100. So 25 multiplied by 100 and 49 multiplied by x.
25/49 = x/100
2500 = 49x divide both sides by 49 so you have x = ? as your answer.
The answer x = 51.02 that would be your perentage.
So the answer to the question is No 25 is not at least 60% of 49.
I hope this helps!
i think i meant to say is 49 at least 60% of 25.
Are you asking if the increase from 25 to 49 is at least 60% of the original starting number (25)?
yes, this exactly!!!!!!!!!
so then I want to say my answer is correct. but I cant be confident in it
Ok, I see. Yes I believe blu is correct.
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blu6385
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by MrsT809
So you want to know the percent increase from 25 to 49? I use the formula: change/original x 100
So in this case 24 (the change or difference between the two numbers) divided by 25 (the original number) and then multiply by 100.
24/25*100= 96. So the answer as I read it would be yes, it's more than a 60% increase.
so wait is the way I did it incorrect?
I am just curious:
25*.60 =15
15+25=40
so 49 has to be more than 60% of 25?
I was basically doing the opposite on how to figure out what is 60% less than 25 is
ETA: I was always good in math when I was in high school but forgot most of the basic since then. I am figuring this out based on me shopping sales all the time and trying to figure out what the percentage off a number would be
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by moonmist09
i want to know if 49 has increased from 25 by at least 60% if that helps
IF this is the actual question, then the answer is yes.
25 increased by 100% equals 50.
each item that created the original 25 is equal to 4%
that means that if you start with 25, you would have to increase it by 96% to get to 49.
so, the answer is yes. if you start with 25 and end with 49, in increase was more than 60%.
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by MrsT809
So you want to know the percent increase from 25 to 49? I use the formula: change/original x 100
So in this case 24 (the change or difference between the two numbers) divided by 25 (the original number) and then multiply by 100.
24/25*100= 96. So the answer as I read it would be yes, it's more than a 60% increase.
yes. in my answer, i didn't show the math, but this is exactly what i did
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MrsT809
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by blu6385
Posted by MrsT809
So you want to know the percent increase from 25 to 49? I use the formula: change/original x 100
So in this case 24 (the change or difference between the two numbers) divided by 25 (the original number) and then multiply by 100.
24/25*100= 96. So the answer as I read it would be yes, it's more than a 60% increase.
so wait is the way I did it incorrect?
I am just curious:
25*.60 =15
15+25=40
so 49 has to be more than 60% of 25?
I was basically doing the opposite on how to figure out what is 60% less than 25 is
ETA: I was always good in math when I was in high school but forgot most of the basic since then. I am figuring this out based on me shopping sales all the time and trying to figure out what the percentage off a number would be
Yes, you worked backwards to fugure out what number is 60% more than 25.
Although I'm still not totally sure if that's what the op was trying to answer or not!
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by Momma2015
I think you mean is 25 at least 60% of 49.... right? If so, I'd just multiply 49 by .60 which gives you 29.4. Since that's more than 25, no, it's not more than 60%.
This is what I did. Simplest and fastest method (assuming the question is how you interpreted it, not how it was originally posted). Not the only method, of course. One reason I like math is that there are often several ways to get to the correct answer. As long as you get there, the method doesn't matter so much.
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chilltocam
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by Momma2015
I think you mean is 25 at least 60% of 49.... right? If so, I'd just multiply 49 by .60 which gives you 29.4. Since that's more than 25, no, it's not more than 60%.
This
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by MrsT809
So you want to know the percent increase from 25 to 49? I use the formula: change/original x 100
So in this case 24 (the change or difference between the two numbers) divided by 25 (the original number) and then multiply by 100.
24/25*100= 96. So the answer as I read it would be yes, it's more than a 60% increase.
This is how I would do it.
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Re: Math Help!
Posted by blu6385
Posted by MrsT809
So you want to know the percent increase from 25 to 49? I use the formula: change/original x 100
So in this case 24 (the change or difference between the two numbers) divided by 25 (the original number) and then multiply by 100.
24/25*100= 96. So the answer as I read it would be yes, it's more than a 60% increase.
so wait is the way I did it incorrect?
I am just curious:
25*.60 =15
15+25=40
so 49 has to be more than 60% of 25?
I was basically doing the opposite on how to figure out what is 60% less than 25 is
ETA: I was always good in math when I was in high school but forgot most of the basic since then. I am figuring this out based on me shopping sales all the time and trying to figure out what the percentage off a number would be
No, you're totally right.
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