2% of something means 2/100ths of it. Divide by 100 and then multiply by 2.
You can also multiply by 2 then divide by 100, or even divide by 50, if that's easier, because 2/100 = 1/50.
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Divide the amount by 2. 50 per cent is the same as "half".
If you have to find 20% of 'something', multiply 'something' by 0.2 or 2/10 or elsedivide 'something' by 5 . Whichever is easiest for you ... they're all the same.
To get 30 percent of something, multiply that something to 0.30 which is the decimal equivalent of 30%. Example: 30% of 49 = 0.30 * 49 = 14.7
Divide it by 20 or multiply it by 0.05
multiply the number by .7, that is 70 % of that number