Answer
5
Work Step by Step
First change the word problem into an equation.
To change a question into an equation, you:
- Keep percents and numbers
- change the question to the variable $x$
- of means *
Then solve:
2 is what percent of 40?
2 = x% * 40
2/40 = x%
2/40 * 100 = x
5 = x