2 percent of 20

What's 2 percent of 20?

Answer: 2 percent of 20 it is 0.4

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0.4 is 2% of 20

2 percent of 20 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 2% of 20 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 20 = 100% and X = 2%. So our fraction will look like:

20
/
X
=
100%
/
2%

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

X = (20 × 2) ÷ 100

=

X = 40 ÷ 100

=

X = 0.4

Therefore, 2% of 20 is 0.4


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 (2). To find 1% of a number 20 you need to divide it by 100:

X = (20 ÷ 100) × 2

=

X = 0.2 × 2

=

X = 0.4

So we got the same result again: 0.4

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What's 2 percent of 20?

2 percent of 20 it is 0.4