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You divide the number you want to find the percentage of by the total number present (and then times by 100).
For example - if you invite 15 people to a meeting and 12 turn up, to find the percentage you divide 12 by 15 and then times by a hundred.
12 ÷ 15 = 0.8 = 80%
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What process do you use to find the percent of a quantity?
Multiplying
How do you find 2 percent of a quantity?
Multiply the quantity by 0.2Another Answer: 2% is the equivalent of 0.02 and so multiply the quantity by 0.02
What process do you use to find the percent change of a quantity?
Multiplying
What process do you use to do find percent change of a quantity?
Multiplying
How do i find a percent of a quantity?
Multiply the quantity by the percentage and divide by 100. So, to find 45% of 180, calculate (180*45)/100
How do you find the percent?
Usually you compare two quantities, to find out how much percent one is of another. The second quantity is often a total, but it need not be so. Divide the first quantity by the second, and multiply the result by 100, to get the percentage.
How do you find out 9.5 percent?
9.5% is the same as 0.095 and so multiply this by the required quantity
What is the definition and example of percent proportion?
compares part of a quantity to the hole quantity using a percent
What is a percent of change?
change of any quantity divided by its original quantity
What is a percent change describing an increase in a quantity?
Percent Increase
What is the percent of the quantity of 6 percent of 78-?
6% of 78 is 4.68
When the percent of change is negative?
The quantity is decreasing.
