40% of some number is 40
40% as a decimal is 0.4"of" means to multiplylet "some number" be represented as "x""is" means equalsso we get 0.4*x = 40solving for x: x = 40 / 0.4 = 100therefore your number would be 100
40% of the number 100 is 40.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you do it like this:Change the percentege to a decimal it is: .4 (.40) Which is less than one whole. ( 1.00)So, therefore the answer is 40% of 100 is 40-Hope this helped :)
