What is 998 percent of 0.000557 - 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 0.000557 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 0.000557 is 100%, so we can write it down as 0.000557=100%.
4. We know, that x is 998% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=998%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 0.000557=100%
2) x=998%
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:
0.000557/x=100%/998%
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 998% of 0.000557

0.000557/x=100/998
(0.000557/x)*x=(100/998)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
0.000557=0.1002004008016*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (0.1002004008016) to get x
0.000557/0.1002004008016=x
0.00555886=x
x=0.00555886

now we have:
998% of 0.000557=0.00555886