Algebra Examples

Your school raised $125 %$ of its fundraising goal. The school raised $6750$ What was the goal?

Step 1

Write the problem as a mathematical expression.

$\frac{125 %}{6750}$

Step 2

Convert the percentage to a fraction by placing the expression over $100$ . Percentage means 'out of $100$ '.

$\frac{\frac{125}{6750}}{100}$

Step 3

Convert to a decimal.

$0.000\overline{185}$

Step 4

$0.000\overline{185} \dots \dots$ of per dollar