{"id":18906,"date":"2025-06-13T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=18906"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:12:19","slug":"calculate-the-following-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/calculate-the-following-question\/","title":{"rendered":"calculate the following question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>calculate the following question:a. 42 is 30% of what number?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: 140<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation (300 words):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve the question <strong>\u201c42 is 30% of what number?\u201d<\/strong>, we need to understand what this sentence is asking in mathematical terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;42 is 30% of what number?&#8221;<\/strong> means we are looking for a number such that <strong>30% of it equals 42<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let the unknown number be <strong>x<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We write this as an equation: 30%\u00a0of\u00a0x=4230\\% \\text{ of } x = 42 In math, 30% can be written as a decimal: 30%=30100=0.3030\\% = \\frac{30}{100} = 0.30 So the equation becomes: 0.30\u22c5x=420.30 \\cdot x = 42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-Step Solution:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start with the equation: 0.30x=420.30x = 42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To find <strong>x<\/strong>, divide both sides of the equation by 0.30: x=420.30x = \\frac{42}{0.30}<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform the division: x=140x = 140<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the number we are looking for is <strong>140<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why This Works:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of problem involves working backward from a known percentage and result to find the original or whole amount. In percentage problems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<strong>is<\/strong>\u201d means <strong>equals<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<strong>of<\/strong>\u201d means <strong>multiply<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<strong>what number<\/strong>\u201d means the unknown variable (usually <strong>x<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the phrase <strong>\u201c42 is 30% of what number\u201d<\/strong> translates mathematically to: 42=30%\u00d7x42 = 30\\% \\times x<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And by solving that, we get the original number, which is <strong>140<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Answer: 140<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>calculate the following question:a. 42 is 30% of what number? The correct answer and explanation is: Correct Answer: 140 Explanation (300 words): To solve the question \u201c42 is 30% of what number?\u201d, we need to understand what this sentence is asking in mathematical terms. Let\u2019s break it down: Step-by-Step Solution: So, the number we are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18907,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18906\/revisions\/18907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}