The recommended daily amount of sodium is 2600mg. One can of minestrone soup contains 728 mg of sodium. What percent of the total recommended daily amount of sodium is in this can of soup?

28%

Explanation: Since we need 2,600 mg of sodium for our daily amount, we just need to find how much percentage is 728 of 2,600. In other words, what fraction of a amount is 728 of 2,600. The easiest way to find out is to convert this into a fraction, then into a percentage by division.

Step 1.) Change to fraction.

728 of 2,600 is 728/2600

Step 2.) Change from fraction to decimal to a percentage.

Most of us already know that 1/2 is 50%, 3/4 is 75%, 1/5 is 20%, and so on... But the question is... How do you solve that with math?

To change a fraction to a percentage you divide the numerator (top) by the denominator (bottom).

Example: 1/2 = 1 divided by 2

If you know how to divide using decimals, then 1 divided by 2 will equal to .5 = 50% (You can use a calculator to check)

Note: To change a decimal to a percentage move the decimal two places to the right.

.5 = 50%

.75 = 75%

1.25 = 125%

Result .) Once we divide 2,600 by 728 we get 0.28 which is 28% after we convert it from decimal to percentage.

728/2600 = .28 = 28%

Your Welcome, hope this helps. :-)

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