3 is 10 of what? This may depend on the context or the specific problem being addressed. In a basic mathematical sense, if 3 is 10 of something, then that something is being divided into 10 equal parts, with each part representing 3 units. For instance, if we have 12 cookies and we want to split them into 10 equal portions, each portion would contain 3 cookies (since 12 divided by 10 equals 1.2, and when we multiply 3 by 1.2, we get 3.6, which we canround down to 3 to get the nearest whole number of cookies per portion). This concept can be applied to many different contexts, such as sharing a pizza with friends or dividing a bag of chips among family members.
If you are asking about a different scenario, such as 3 is 10% of what number, then we need to know the total number in question. For example, if a pie has 12 slices and you eat 3 slices, the remaining pie (12 – 3) constitutes 10% of the whole pie (12), so you could say that 3 is 10% of 12. In this case, 3 represents 10% of the total area of the pie, which is 12 slices times 1 slice per slice (144 square inches).
