How To Calculate A Percentage?

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How To Calculate A Percentage?

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Answer 1

Convert your percentage into a decimal. For example. 40% = 0.4
Then times this by your number
0.4 x 3.16 = 1.264
0.35 x 1.69 = 0.5915

Answer 2

Anonymous answered

72/100 x 11 00 =

Answer 3

Could you tell me what the percentage rate is on $15,000.00 when the payment is $200.00 - also on $12,000.00 when the payment is $100.00

Answer 4

If you know a numer after a percentage decrease, how do you find what the starting number is? Example: The six pack of beer was $6.78 after a 25%decrease. What was the original price?

Answer 5

Anonymous answered

Purchase wood 265000 and sales 491400

Answer 6

Anonymous answered

26% of 6.000

Answer 7

In arithmetic, the word 'of ' mean multiplication and the % sign means divided by hundred. Therefore, 40% of 3.16 would mean

40/100 x 3.16 = 1.264

35/100 x 1.69 = 0.5915

Answer 8

walter jedyk answered

Usually multiply or divide
3.16 divided 40=12.65

1.69 divided 35=20.71

Answer 9

I'm stubbed- we saw 557 patients last year, November. This November we saw 645. Do I divide whole over part with this problem (645/557)? Or, 645 - 557=88. 88/557= 15.8% increase?
Thanks.

Answer 10

To calculate percent change: Take the old value, subtract it from the new value, then divide by the old value. Multiply that number by 100. The answer is the percent change. If the old value is 4 and the new value is 8, the percent change is 100%.