50% of what number is 14

Step by step

The question

Question: 14 is 50% of what number?

We write it like this: 50% of the number is 14.

14 is a part.

The whole number is what we want.

Careful!

Many people work out 50% of 14.

But 14 is not the whole.

It is only 50% of it.

1 Write the percent as a fraction

Percent means out of 100.

So 50% is 50/100.

50 and 100 can both be divided by 50.

So 50% is 1/2: 1 of 2 equal parts.

2 Draw the whole

One part is 14.

So every part is 14.

3 Find the whole

The whole is 2 parts.

2 times 14 is 28.

So 14 is 50% of 28.

4 Check

Let's check: is 50% of 28 really 14?

50% is 1/2.

Of means times.

28 divided by 2 is 14.

We get 14.

So it is right!

Let's look back.

First: write the percent as a fraction.

Then: draw the whole.

Then: find the whole.

Last: check.