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How would you give £30 as a percentage of £90?

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Carolyn Legros


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Arshana Rajaratnam

£30 as a percentage of £90 can also be written as 30/90. This changes to 10/30 if divided by ten and 1/3 when divided by 3. 1/3 as a percentage is 33%

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Ammar

Divide 30 by 90 and simplify to give 1/3 . Then multiply that by 100 and it will give 33.3% which is the answer.

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Roksana

30/90 = 1/3 = 0.333 = 33%

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India Rose

£30 is a third of £90 therefore it is 33.333333%

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Ben Haden

To calculate £30 as a percentage of £90, you can follow these steps:


  1. Write the Fraction: Start by writing £30 as a fraction of £90, which is 30/90
  2. Convert the Fraction to a Decimal: Divide 30 by 90 to convert the fraction into a decimal. 30/90 = 0.3333 recurring
  3. Convert the Decimal to a Percentage: Multiply the decimal by 100 to convert it into a percentage. 0.3333 recurring * 100 = 33.33%


So, £30 is approximately 33.33% of £90.

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Raj Puri

To work out what percentage £30 is of £90, you can break it down like this:


1. Start with a fraction: Think of it as £30/£90. That just means £30 out of £90.


2. Simplify the fraction: If you divide both 30 and 90 by 30 (since that’s the biggest number that goes into both), you get 1/3.


3. Turn it into a percentage: To convert 1/3 into a percentage, you multiply 1/3 by 100, which gives the percentage 33.33%.


So, £30 is about 33.33% of £90

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Adnan

30 out of 90 = 30/90 = 1/3 x 100 = 33.33 … %

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Jessica Turner

Divide 30 by 90 = 0.333 recurring, X0.333 recurring by 100 = 33.3 %

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Hi Carolyn,

The steps are in order to find £30 as a percentage of £90 you need to

  1. 30 divided by 90 = 1/3
  2. Now you multiply 1/3 times 100 = 33.33%( The answer will be a recurring one so you need to keep it up to 2 or 3 decimal places.



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Thomas Henderson

1/3 (simplified) or 30/90

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(30/90) × 100 = 0.333333333 x 100 = approximately 33.3%


It is approximately 33.3% as 30/90 =1/3 which as a decimal is 0.3 recurring.

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Joshua (jk) Obanleowo

No a percentage always has to be given using the percentage sign %

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Lucy

a 1/3 of £90 is £30, a 1/3 as a percentage is 33.33%.

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In order to express any value as a percentage of another, you must divide that value by the original and multiply by 100.

In this case, the value is 30 and the original is 90.

So,


30 / 90 = 0.333333...


0.333333... x 100 = 33.3%


Therefore £30 as a percentage of £90 is 33.3%

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First turn into fraction

30/90 —> 3/9 —> 1/3

then into decimal or straight into percentage

1/3 is commonly known as 0.33 or 33.3%

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