Percent a number of another number

How to find what percent a number is of another number. See example and formula below.

Result

40 is what percent of 160 = 25%


Detailed

N1 — 40

N2 — 160

40 * 100 / 160 = 25%

Examples:

# How to find what percent a number is of another number

To be able to find what percent a number is of another number, first you need multiply number by 100 and devide by the number you need get percent off. See formula below:

N1 * 100
N2
= result

# Example

For example, we need to find 20 is what percent of 50. Using formula from above:

20 * 100
50
= 40

In result we'll receive that 20 is 40% of 80 number.