Percentage Calculation

Example 1: How to calculate % to decimal

15% = 0.15 = 15% / 100%

Example 2: Percentage calculation

25 is what percent of 100?

(25 / 100) x 100% = 0.25 x 100% = 25%

Example 3: Percentage of a value calculation

What is 35% of 70?

(35% / 100%) x 70 = 0.35 x 70 = 24.5

Example 4: Whole value calculation

18 is 40% of what?

18 / (40% / 100%) x 100 = (18 / 0.4) x 100 = 45

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Example 5: Percentage change calculation

What is the percentage change from 130 to 150?

((150 – 130) / 130) x 100% = 0.1538 x 100% = 15.38%

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