3 percent of 20

What's 3 percent of 20?

Answer: 3 percent of 20 it is 0.6

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0.6 is 3% of 20

3 percent of 20 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 3% of 20 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 20 = 100% and X = 3%. So our fraction will look like:

20
/
X
=
100%
/
3%

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

X = (20 × 3) ÷ 100

=

X = 60 ÷ 100

=

X = 0.6

Therefore, 3% of 20 is 0.6


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

X = (20 ÷ 100) × 3

=

X = 0.2 × 3

=

X = 0.6

So we got the same result again: 0.6

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What's 3 percent of 20?

3 percent of 20 it is 0.6