What is 35 percent of 70

To me, the best thing to do first is translate the question into math,

so that you can work with it.

- - "What" means "x "

- - "is" means " = "·

- - "percent" means " / 100"

- - "of" means "times"

Translated into math, the question says:

x = 35/100 · 70

Clean up the right side of the equation and simplify it:

x = (35 · 70) / 100

x = 2450 / 100

x = 24.5

35 Percent of 70 is 24.5

We assume, that the number 70 is 100% - because it's the output value of the task. We assume, that x is the value we are looking for. If 70 is 100%, so we can write it down as 70=100%. We know, that x is 35% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=35%. Now we have two simple equations: 1.) 70=100% 2.) x=35% where left sides of both of them have the same units, and both right sides have the same units, so we can do something like that: 70/x=100%/35% Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.