What proportion is 42 out of 153?

What proportion is 42 out of 153? In other words, what proportion is 42 out of 153 as a percentage? More specifically, if 42 is the part, and 153 is the whole, what will the part be if the whole is 100?

Below is a more straightforward illustration showing you what we mean when we say we want find the proportion of 42 out of 153 as a percentage:

42 out of 153 = P out of 100

The above problem can be made into an equation and can be solved like this:

P/100 = 42/153
P = 4200/153
P ≈ 27.451

Now we know that the proportion of 42 out of 153 is the same as 27.451 out of 100, which means that we have our answer:

What proportion is 42 out of 153? ≈ 27.451%

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