32 is 40 percent of what number?
'is' in mathematics means equal'of' in mathematics means multiplicationpercent means over 10032 = 40% x32 = 40/100 x32 = 4/10 xMultiply 10/4 on both sides, so we can isolate 'x'32 10/4 = xx = 8 * 10x = 8032 is 40 percent of 80.