5 percent of 42

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What's 5 percent of 42?

Answer: 5 percent of 42 it is 2.1

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2.1 is 5% of 42

5 percent of 42 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 5% of 42 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 42 = 100% and X = 5%. So our fraction will look like:

42
/
X
=
100%
/
5%

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

X = (42 × 5) ÷ 100

=

X = 210 ÷ 100

=

X = 2.1

Therefore, 5% of 42 is 2.1

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 (5). To find 1% of a number 42 you need to divide it by 100:

X = (42 ÷ 100) × 5

=

X = 0.42 × 5

=

X = 2.1

So we got the same result again: 2.1

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PercentValue
1% of 420.42
2% of 420.84
3% of 421.26
4% of 421.68
5% of 422.1
6% of 422.52
7% of 422.94
8% of 423.36
9% of 423.78
10% of 424.2
11% of 424.62
12% of 425.04
13% of 425.46
14% of 425.88
15% of 426.3
16% of 426.72
17% of 427.14
18% of 427.56
19% of 427.98
20% of 428.4
21% of 428.82
22% of 429.24
23% of 429.66
24% of 4210.08
25% of 4210.5
26% of 4210.92
27% of 4211.34
28% of 4211.76
29% of 4212.18
30% of 4212.6

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What's 5 percent of 42?

5 percent of 42 it is 2.1

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