So to set this problem up lets understand it. each percent is out of a whole (100%) so the whole in this problem is 450 pounds and to make 44% a usable number we move the percent sign two places over. .44 to find out how many times .44 goes into 450 pounds we will multiply (.44×450)=198 pounds we can check our answer by dividing 198÷450 and getting .44 as our answer
