# Percentage free online calculator

#### Percentage calculator is a free online tool to calculate percentages.

Find sentences that represents your problem and our online percentage calculator will give you answer immediatelly. Put values in two fields and click on button Calculate to see the correct result.

Use this very straightforward and more complex percentage calculator, which will also show you formula for percentage to solve quickly and understand any problems involving percentage.

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#### Percent, Fraction And Decimal Calculator

Insert one value to section Percent or Decimal and hit green button (=) on the right. Or inser two values to Fraction (for example 1/10 = you will put there 1 and 10 below that) and hit green button (=) on the right. And the calculator will give you the right answer.

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This is a free mobile-friendly online percentage calculator which can help you with calculation of percentage and figuring out the correct answer.

It is 3-way percent calculator (to find percentage of a number, calculate x as a percent of y). No matter whether you can count it or not, this online tool will help you find the correct solution. Below you will find also answers for the most frequently asked questions like percentage calculation formula, how can you calculate percentages without calculator, how to calculate the percentage increase or decrease and so on.

## What Is A Percentage?

• One percent (1%) means 1 per 100.
• Word "percent" comes from Latin (per centum).
• It is shown by the symbol %.
• Used in Math.

## How Percentage (%) Is Defined?

Percentage is per-cent which means parts per hundred, it describes how many parts there are out of one hundred parts of a particular thing.

## More Detailed Percent Explanation

One percent is equal to 1/100 fraction:

1% = 1/100 = 0.01

Ten percent is equal to 10/100 fraction:

10% = 10/100 = 0.1

Fifty percent is equal to 50/100 fraction:

50% = 50/100 = 0.5

One hundred percent is equal to 100/100 fraction:

100% = 100/100 = 1

One hundred and ten percent is equal to 110/100 fraction:

110% = 110/100 = 1.1

A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98. The result is obtained by multiplying a quantity by a percent.

## Percentage Sign And History

Word "percent" comes from Latin (per centum). In English it means "out of hundred". It is shown by the symbol %.

It is written to the right side of the number: 50%

## Formula For Calculation Of Percentage Increase/Decrease

• When a quantity grows (gets bigger), then we can compute its PERCENT INCREASE:
• $\text{PERCENT INCREASE}=\frac{\left(\text{new amount}-\text{original amount}\right)}{\text{original amount}}\cdot 100\mathrm{%}$
• When a quantity shrinks (gets smaller), then we can compute its PERCENT DECREASE:
• $\text{PERCENT DECREASE}=\frac{\left(\text{original amount}-\text{new amount}\right)}{\text{original amount}}\cdot 100\mathrm{%}$
• If you have still problem to get to the result, use our percentage calculator in the top of the page.

## How To Calculate Percentage Increase

• First: work out the difference (increase) between the two numbers you are comparing.
• Increase = New Number - Original Number
• Then: divide the increase by the original number and multiply the answer by 100.
• % increase = Increase ÷ Original Number × 100.
• If your answer is a negative number then this is a percentage decrease.

## To Calculate Percentage Decrease:

• First: work out the difference (decrease) between the two numbers you are comparing.
• Decrease = Original Number - New Number
• Then: divide the decrease by the original number and multiply the answer by 100.
• % Decrease = Decrease ÷ Original Number × 100
• If your answer is a negative number then this is a percentage increase.
• If you wish to calculate the percentage increase or decrease of several numbers then we recommend using the first formula.
• Positive values indicate a percentage increase whereas negative values indicate percentage decrease.

#### How Do You Increase A Number By A Certain Percentage?

Percent increase formula The percent increase formula is as follows: Percent increase = [(new value - original value)/original value] * 100 An example using the formula is as follows. Suppose a $1,250 investment increased in value to$1,445 dollars in one year. What is the percent increase of the investment? To answer this, us the following steps: Identify the original value and the new value. Input the values into the formula. Subtract the original value from the new value, then divide the result by the original value. Multiply the result by 100. The answer is the percent increase. Check your answer using the percentage increase calculator. Working out the problem by hand we get: [(1,445 - 1,250)/1,250] * 100 (195/1,250) * 100 0.156 * 100 15.6 percent increase. The percentage growth calculator is a great tool to check simple problems. It can even be used to solve more complex problems that involve percent increase. You may also find the percentage calculator is also useful in this type of problem.

## Examples - Percentage Increase And Decrease

In January Dylan worked a total of 35 hours, in February he worked 45.5 hours – by what percentage did Dylan’s working hours increase in February?

To tackle this problem first we calculate the difference in hours between the new and old numbers. 45.5 - 35 hours = 10.5 hours. We can see that Dylan worked 10.5 hours more in February than he did in January – this is his increase. To work out the increase as a percentage it is now necessary to divide the increase by the original (January) number:

10.5 ÷ 35 = 0.3

Finally, to get the percentage we multiply the answer by 100. This simply means moving the decimal place two columns to the right.

0.3 × 100 = 30

Dylan therefore worked 30% more hours in February than he did in January.

In March Dylan worked 35 hours again – the same as he did in January (or 100% of his January hours). What is the percentage difference between Dylan’s February hours (45.5) and his March hours (35)? You may think that as there was a 30% increase between Dylan’s January hours (35) and February (45.5) hours that there will be a 30% decrease between his February and March hours. This assumption is incorrect – let’s calculate the difference.

First calculate the decrease in hours, that is: 45.5 - 35 = 10.5

Then divide the decrease by the original number (February hours) so:

10.5 ÷ 45.5 = 0.23 (to two decimal places).

Finally multiply 0.23 by 100 to give 23%. Dylan’s hours were 23% lower in March than in February.

Sometimes it is easier to show percentage decrease as a negative number – to do this follow the formula above to calculate percentage increase – your answer will be a negative number if there was a decrease. In Dylan’s case the decrease works out at -15.5. -10.5 ÷ 45.5 = -0.23. -0.23 × 100 = -23%.

Dylan's hours could be displayed in a data table as:

Month Hours Worked Percentage Change
January 35
February 45.5 30%
March 35 -23%

## What Is X As A Percent Of Y

Use our online percentage calculator find the proportion of one number to another in percentage terms.

## Examples Of Finding X As A Percent Of Y

Think of this as turning a fraction into a percentage. Your fraction is x/y, and your percentage is [unknown, here] A/100.

x/y = A/100

The easiest way to do these, then, is to move the fraction around. If you multiply both sides by 100, you get A (your unknown) = 100x divided by y. Just plug in the numbers and out will come the answer. Some examples may make this even clearer.

What is 10 as a percent of 50?

Using the formula that we have just worked out, x is 10 and y is 50. The sum is therefore:v

100 × 10 = 1000

1000 ÷ 50 = 20.

Answer: 10 is 20% of 50.

This method, of course, also works with a more word-based problem.

You have been quoted commission of $7.50 on the sale of a table. The sale price is$150.

Another company has quoted you commission of 4.5%. You want to know which is better value.

This is asking you ‘What is $7.50 as a percent of$150?’.

Using the formula, therefore, x is 7.5 and y is 150.

7.5 × 100 = 750

750 ÷ 150 = 5.

Answer: The commission is 5% on the sale price. The commission of 4.5% is therefore better value for you as a customer.

## Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Fractions, decimals and percentages are just different ways to show the same values. In the graph below you can see first fraction, percentage and decimals. Try to click in the fields below to see what is the difference between fraction, percentage and decimals values.

Just imagine you have pie and you slice him into 100 pieces. One slice is 1 percent of the whole pie. This is very important how to work with percents.

## Example Values - Pie And Percentage Calculation

Here is a table of commonly used values shown in Percent, Decimal and Fraction form:

Percent Decimal Fraction
1% 0,01 1/100
5% 0,05 1/20
10% 0,1 1/10
12½% 0,125 1/8
20% 0,2 1/5
25% 0,25 1/4
331/3% 0,333... 1/3
50% 0,5 1/2
75% 0,75 3/4
80% 0,8 4/5
90% 0,9 9/10
99% 0,99 99/100
100% 1 100/100
125% 1,25 5/4
150% 1,5 3/2
200% 2 2/1

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