What percent/percentage of
(1) What percent of 75 is 15?
(2) 15 is what percent of 75?
(3) What percentage of 75 is 15?
(4) 15 is what percentage of 75?
Question: Which sounds natural in American English?
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Photon Question: Which sounds natural in American English? Number 1. Number 2 requires rewording because you can't start a sentence with a numeral.
- Photon Question: Which sounds natural in American English?
- Number 1.
- Number 2 requires rewording because you can't start a sentence with a numeral.
- "Percentage"is a wrong word in the other two.
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PhotonQuestion: Which sounds natural in American English?
Number 1. Number 2 requires rewording because you can't start a sentence with a numeral. "Percentage"is a wrong word in the other two.
0PhotonWhich sounds natural in American English?
They all do, but the first two are probably more often heard. And (1) is better and easier to write because it doesn't start with a numeral, which has to be spelled out in letters according to the punctuation rules:
Fifteen is what percent of 75?
That doesn't look good as a question in math
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