Question

A soccer team played 160 games and won 65 percent of them. How many games did it win?

Answer 1

65 x 160 /100 = 10400/100 = 104

So, it won 104 games

Answer 2

You will take the "total number" of situations and multiply by the decimal or fraction of what you are looking to get.
65% = 65/100 = .65
so you will take the total number (160) and multiply by the decimal (.65) to get your answer
160*.65=104 games won.

Extra: Keep in mind that instead of using the %, they could ask you a very similar question but use a ratio or fraction. For instance they could ask: A soccer team played 50 games, and won 2/5th of them. How many games did they win?
2/5=.4, so you would multiply the 50*.4 = 20
If the test allows you to use calculators, then simply put in 50*(2/5) and you will get the same answer. I hope this helped in not only providing the answer to your question but gave you the method to use to solve similar problems.
-Good Luck