20 percent of 50

What's 20 percent of 50?

Answer: 20 percent of 50 it is 10

(Ten)

10 is 20% of 50

20 percent of 50 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 20% of 50 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 50 = 100% and X = 20%. So our fraction will look like:

50
/
X
=
100%
/
20%

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

X = (50 × 20) ÷ 100

=

X = 1000 ÷ 100

=

X = 10

Therefore, 20% of 50 is 10


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 (20). To find 1% of a number 50 you need to divide it by 100:

X = (50 ÷ 100) × 20

=

X = 0.5 × 20

=

X = 10

So we got the same result again: 10

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What's 20 percent of 50?

20 percent of 50 it is 10