Question

What percent of 20 is 18 ?

Answer 1

Answer
$90\%$
Explanation :

Remember 'of' means multiply and 'is' means equal .
$x\%\left(20\right)=18$
Divide both sides by $20$
$x\%$ $=\frac{18}{20}=0.9$
Multiply by $100$
$x=90\%$
$90\%$
Explanation :
The question is easier to understand if you write it differently.

What percent is $18$ of $20?$

To calculate a percent :
fraction $\times 100$ %
$\frac{18}{20}\times 100\%$
$=90\%$