What is 1 percent of 500 ml?

Answer 1

The easiest way to figure 1% is to move the decimal point two places to the left. The 500 is actually 500.0. 10% would be 50.00 and 1% would be 5.000.

When you're working out percentages, just use some logic.

Your WHOLE thing is 100%. We use it all the time as a saying. "Are you sure?" "100%". It means totally.


So 500ml = 100%. It's your whole thing. Break it into 100 pieces and you know how much each % is worth.


500/100 = 5. So each 1% is worth 5ml.


87% would be 5ml x 87 = 435ml


If you had a whole pie (100%) and you cut it into 100 pieces...each slice would be 1% of the pie. If you took 50 of the 100 pieces, you'd obviously have half the pie. 1% x 50 = 50%. Makes sense.


So back to the 1% of 500ml...


1% is 5ml x 1 = 5ml.


5ml is obviously your answer but percentages work this way for everything. Just think about it clearly. Cut it into 100 pieces and then times through by as many pieces of it you want. 1% is always one piece of something, if you cut that something into 100 piece. 50% is always 50 pieces of something, if you cut that something into 100 pieces. And etc.