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Percentage calculator

Percentage calculator is a free online tool that solves eight different types of percent-related problems. To get a step-by-step solution for percentage problems, simply enter the values in the appropriate sentence.

Solve eight types of percentage problems.
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Percentage Decrease

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decreased to

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Examples

ex 1:

Find 45% of 120.

ex 2:

What is 45% of 60 %

ex 3:

150 is what percent of 400?

ex 4:

What is the percentage increase from to 50 to 75?

ex 5:

The student received a 60% on a maths exam that included 20 problems. How many problems did the student properly answer on this test?

ex 6:

The whale population numbers 140 pairs. If the number of pairs increases by 8%, how many pairs will there be altogether?

ex 7:

The workforce at a corporation decreased from 40 to 29 personnel. What is the percentage decrease in the number of employees?

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How to solve percentage problems?

This calculator solves eight different types of percenatge problems. We will use some examples to show each type.

Type 1: What is x% of y?

Example: What is 40% of 60?

Solution:

Step1: Change the word of to multiplication sign.

40% of 60 = 40% * 60

Step2: Change 40% to decimal number by dividing 40% by 100 [40% = 40/100 = 0.4]

40% * 60 = 0.4 * 60 = 24

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Type 2: x is what percent of y?

Example: 16 is what percent of 40?

Solution:

Step1: Translate the words into an equation

16	is	what percent	of	40
16	=	x	$\cdot$	40

Step2: Solve for $x$

15 40 \cdot x x x = x \cdot 40 = 15 = \frac{15}{40} = 0.375

Step3: Multiply x by 100% to convert the result to a percentage.

0.375 = 0.375 · 100% = 37.5%

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Type 3: Percentage increase

Example: Mark’s hourly salary is $15. What is the percentage increase in the salary if it is raised to $18?

Solution:

To solve this problem, we apply the percentage increase formula:

% increase = \frac{final amount - initial amount}{initial amount} \times 100

After putting the initial amount to 15 and the final amount to 18, we get:

% increase = \frac{18 - 15}{15} \times 100 = = \frac{3}{15} \times 100 = = 0.2 \times 100 = = 20%

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Type 4: Percentage decrease

Example: The workforce at a corporation decreased from 135 to 110 personnel. What is the percentage decrease in the number of employees?

Solution:

To solve this problem we use percentage decrease formula:

% decrease = \frac{initial amount - final amount}{initial amount} \times 100

After putting the initial amount to 135 and final amount to 110 we get:

% increase = \frac{135 - 110}{135} \times 100 = = \frac{25}{135} \times 100 = = 0.185 \times 100 = = 18.5%

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Type 5: What percent of X is Y?

Example: What percent of 80 is 25?

Solution:

Step1: Translate the words into an equation

What percent	of	80	is	25
x	$\cdot$	80	=	25

Step2: Solve for x

x \cdot 80 x x = 25 = \frac{25}{80} = 0.3125

Step3: Express x as a percentage by multiplying the result by 100%.

0.3125 = 0.3125 · 100% = 31.25%

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