What is X% of Y?

How it's calculated

To calculate what percentage is of a number we use the following formular where x is the percentage: \( x * \frac{y}{100}\).

So, lets say we wanted to find 10% of 100. In this case 10% = x and 100 = y.

This leaves us with: \( 10 * \frac{100}{100}=10\). Quite easy isent it? Indeed!

What if you wanted to calculate this on a online calculator, like Google? Our formular would take this shape: (x*(y/100))

With our previous case it would be: (10*(100/100)) = 10. In Googles calculator it would look like this:

Percentage Q/A

In this table you'll find a list of the most common questions regarding percentage calculations.