Okay, so I had this math problem today, and it got me thinking. The problem was, “30 is 25 of what number?” Sounds simple, right? But it took me a bit to figure it out, and I thought I’d share my thought process here.
First, I grabbed a pen and a piece of paper. I like to see things visually, you know? I wrote down “30 is 25% of what?” I remembered that “percent” means “out of one hundred,” so I wrote 25% as 25/100. Then, I simplified it to 0.25.
Now, the problem became “30 is 0.25 of what number?” I thought about it this way: if 0.25 times something equals 30, then to find that “something,” I needed to do the opposite of multiplying, which is dividing. So I decided to divide 30 by 0.25.
- I set up the division like this: 30 ÷ 0.25.
- I did the math, you can use a calculator.
And guess what? The answer popped up: 120! So, 30 is 25% of 120. It made total sense when I thought about it – 25% is like a quarter, and 30 is a quarter of 120.
That’s it
It wasn’t a super hard problem, but it was a good exercise for the brain. I felt pretty good after solving it, like a little mental victory, you know? Sometimes it is fun and satisfied, just try it and figure it out, like a simple math, like “30 is 25 of what number”, it is a good way to get your brain working.
