3 percent of 500

What's 3 percent of 500?

Answer: 3 percent of 500 it is 15

(Fifteen)

15 is 3% of 500

3 percent of 500 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 3% of 500 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 500 = 100% and X = 3%. So our fraction will look like:

500
/
X
=
100%
/
3%

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

X = (500 × 3) ÷ 100

=

X = 1500 ÷ 100

=

X = 15

Therefore, 3% of 500 is 15


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 500 you need to divide it by 100:

X = (500 ÷ 100) × 3

=

X = 5 × 3

=

X = 15

So we got the same result again: 15

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What's 3 percent of 500?

3 percent of 500 it is 15