7-5 Working with Percents

% multiplied by "of" = 100 mutliplied by "is" ...

ALL PERCENT PROBLEMS!

There are four items or elements to each percent problem. One of them is always 100. Therefore, there are three possible unknowns in the problem - you must be given at least two of the three. Fill the known values into the above equation and solve for the unknown...

The above equation should be written first for ALL problems! Then your paper should show a logical, vertical progression revealing each step to ultimately arrive at the answer.