18 is what percent of 108? (What percent of 108 is 18?)

18 is what percent of 108?

The question here is "18 is what percent of 108?" which is the same as "What percent of 108 is 18?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 108 equals 18.

The problem is therefore x% of 108 = 18 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 108
		100

= 18

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 16.667. The answer to "18 is what percent of 108?" is therefore:

16.667%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 16.667 percent of 108 is 18.

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