10 percent of 50

What's 10 percent of 50?

Answer: 10 percent of 50 it is 5

(Five)

5 is 10% of 50

10 percent of 50 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 10% of 50 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 50 = 100% and X = 10%. So our fraction will look like:

50
/
X
=
100%
/
10%

Now we can solve our fraction by writing it as an equation:

X = (50 × 10) ÷ 100

=

X = 500 ÷ 100

=

X = 5

Therefore, 10% of 50 is 5


Another way to solve our problem is to find the value of 1% of the number and then multiply it by the number of percent (10). To find 1% of a number 50 you need to divide it by 100:

X = (50 ÷ 100) × 10

=

X = 0.5 × 10

=

X = 5

So we got the same result again: 5

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What's 10 percent of 50?

10 percent of 50 it is 5