What is percentage and How to calculate it ?
Posted on 12-12-2022
Percentage
The term "percentage" is derived from the Latin word "per centum", which means "by the hundred". It is denoted by the symbol %.
= Per (divide) - Cent (100)
= 1/100
Examples are:
- 5% is equal to 5/100.
- 25% is equal to 25/100.
- 75% is equal to 75/100.
- 42% is equal to 42/100.
Convert Percentage to Fraction
Percentage means per every hundred. To convert a percent to a fraction,
First we have to remove the percentage (%) symbol and divide the number with 100.
For Example:
There are 50 boys present in the class out of 100 which means 50% boys are absent in the class.
therefore,
= 50%
= 50/100
= 1/2
Questions
1. 25% of 200
Ans - = (25/100) * 200
= (1/4) * 200
= 50
2. 35% of 280
Ans - = (35/100) * 280
= (7/20) * 280
= 98
3. 14.28% of 420
Ans - = (14.28/100) * 420
= (1/7) * 420
= 60
4. What will be 48% of 670
Ans- = (48%) * 670
= (48/100) * 670
= (12/25) * 670
= 321.6
5. What will be 3500% of 25
Ans - Here we concept ,
= a% of b = b% of a
Therefore,
= 25% of 3500
= (25/100) * 3500
= (1/4) * 3500
= 875
6. 46% of 548 + 38% of 768 = ?
= (46/100) * 548 + (38/100) * 768
= 252.08 + 291.84
= 543.92
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