What is 50 percent of 1008 - step by step solution

To get the solution, we are looking for, we need to point out what we know.

1. We assume, that the number 1008 is 100% - because it's the output value of the task.
2. We assume, that x is the value we are looking for.
3. If 1008 is 100%, so we can write it down as 1008=100%.
4. We know, that x is 50% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=50%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 1008=100%
2) x=50%
where left sides of both of them have the same units, and both right sides have the same units, so we can do something like that:
1008/x=100%/50%
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for what is 50% of 1008

1008/x=100/50
(1008/x)*x=(100/50)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
1008=2*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (2) to get x
1008/2=x
504=x
x=504

now we have:
50% of 1008=504