Percent is based on the number 100.
The base or base number when dealing with percentages is the number on which the calculations are based. EXAMPLE : What is 12% of 87? Then 87 is the base number. Express 42 as a percentage of 59. Then 59 is the base number.
100%
Multiply the number by 0.75
To find ten percent of a number, multiply that number by 0.1
If 80 percent of a number is 8, then to discover what the number 8 is 80 percent of, divide the number by 0.8. In this instance, 8 / 0.8 = 10.
"Percent" translates as "out of 100"(Latin). Thus all percentages are "based on a number".
Atomic percent is based on the number of atoms in a sample. So if the sample has x number of oxygen atoms and x number of iron atoms it would report 50% oxygen and 50% iron (atomic percent). Weight percent is based on the mass of the elements detected. So if we used the above example and reported the results as weight percent we would get 22.3% oxygen and 77.7% iron. Weight percent takes into consideration the mass or atomic weight of the elements and not just the number of atoms. Most people use weight percent although for chemistry atomic percent may be more useful.
The base or base number when dealing with percentages is the number on which the calculations are based. EXAMPLE : What is 12% of 87? Then 87 is the base number. Express 42 as a percentage of 59. Then 59 is the base number.
100%
Multiply the number by .8 to get 80% of that number.
A percent is a ratio of a number to 100.
Two choices: -- Multiply (the number) x (the percent using the percent % key). -- Multiply (the number) x (the percent), then divide the answer by 100. Either way, the claculator displays that many percent of that number.
To find 17.5 percent of a number, multiply the number by 0.175.To increase a number by 17.5 percent, multiply the number by 1.175.
29 percent of an number is 0.29 times the number.
To find 12.5 percent of a number, multiply the number by 0.125.
0.3 x 100 = 30 30 is your percentage and since percentages are based on 100 you multiply your decimal by this number to get your answer.
Multiply the number by 0.75