If 60% of a number is 120, what is 20% of that number?

Explanation

• Find the number first: 0.6x = 120, so x = 120 ÷ 0.6 = 200.
• Now take 20% of 200, which gives 40.
• Faster route: 20% is one third of 60%, so the answer is simply 120 ÷ 3 = 40.
• Option D 80 is what you get by taking 40% of the number instead of 20%.
• Once you know 10% of the number is 20, every other percentage is just a multiple of that.