3 is what percent of 200

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The question

Question: what percent of 200 is 3?

Percent means out of 100.

So we ask: 3 out of 200 is how many out of 100?

1 Write part over whole

3 is the part.

200 is the whole.

We write part over whole.

2 Multiply by 100

Percent means out of 100.

The bottom 200 can't easily become 100.

So we multiply the fraction by 100.

3 times 100 is 300.

300 divided by 200 is 1.5.

So it is 1.5%.

So 3 is 1.5% of 200.

Let's look back.

First: write part over whole.

Last: multiply by 100.