18 is what percent of 230? (What percent of 230 is 18?)

18 is what percent of 230?

The question here is "18 is what percent of 230?" which is the same as "What percent of 230 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 230 equals 18.

The problem is therefore x% of 230 = 18 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 230
		100

= 18

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 7.826. The answer to "18 is what percent of 230?" is therefore:

7.826%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 7.826 percent of 230 is 18.

What Percent Calculator
Here you can calculate a similar problem:

18 is what percent of 231?
Go here for the next word problem that we solved.