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What is 150% of 48?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step percentages video lesson with captions. Final answer: 72.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Working with percentages
What is 150% of 48?
2. Step by step
1. $150\% = \frac{150}{100} = 1.5$
  Convert the percent to a decimal by dividing by 100
2. $1.5 \times 48 = 72$
  Multiply the decimal by the number
3. The answer
$72$
150% × 48 = 72
4. Check
- Check: 72 ÷ 48 × 100 = 150%

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: What is 150 percent of 48? Find a percentage of a number.

Step by step. Convert the percent to a decimal by dividing by 100. Multiply the decimal by the number.

The answer. So the answer is 72. 150 percent means 150 out of every 100, so 150 percent of 48 is 72.

Check. Check: 72 divided by 48 times 100 equals 150 percent.

About percentages

Percent of a number, what percent one number is of another, the whole from a part, and percent change.

What is 150% of 48?: Percentages Step-by-Step Lesson