42/48 as a percent
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What percentage is 42 out of 48?
Answer: 42 out of 48 as a percentage is 87.5%
(Eighty-seven percent)
42 is 87.5 percent out of 48
Explanation of 42/48 Fraction to Percent Conversion
Fraction to Percentage Conversion Formula: % = (Number1 ÷ Number2) × 100
According to 'Fraction to Percentage' conversion formula if you want to know what percent of 48 is 42 you have to divide 42 by 48 and then multiply the result by 100.
Here is the complete solution:
(42 ÷ 48) × 100
=0.875 × 100
=87.5%
To make it easier to calculate, you may write it as an equation:
42
/
48
=
X
/
100
We need to adjust the fraction to the target denominator 100. To find the required multiplier we need to divide 100 by the denominator 48:
100 ÷ 48 = 2.083
Now we can multiply our numerator 42 by this multiplier:
42 × 2.083 = 87.5 %
so
42
/
48
=
87.5
/
100
= 87.5%
There is also another approach - you can first multiply numerator 42 by 100 and then divide result by denominator 48 :
(42 × 100) ÷ 48
=4200 ÷ 48
=87.5%
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Percentage table
| Numbers | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 27 out of 48 | 56.25% |
| 28 out of 48 | 58.33% |
| 29 out of 48 | 60.42% |
| 30 out of 48 | 62.5% |
| 31 out of 48 | 64.58% |
| 32 out of 48 | 66.67% |
| 33 out of 48 | 68.75% |
| 34 out of 48 | 70.83% |
| 35 out of 48 | 72.92% |
| 36 out of 48 | 75% |
| 37 out of 48 | 77.08% |
| 38 out of 48 | 79.17% |
| 39 out of 48 | 81.25% |
| 40 out of 48 | 83.33% |
| 41 out of 48 | 85.42% |
| 42 out of 48 | 87.5% |
| 43 out of 48 | 89.58% |
| 44 out of 48 | 91.67% |
| 45 out of 48 | 93.75% |
| 46 out of 48 | 95.83% |
| 47 out of 48 | 97.92% |
| 48 out of 48 | 100% |
| 49 out of 48 | 102.08% |
| 50 out of 48 | 104.17% |
| 51 out of 48 | 106.25% |
| 52 out of 48 | 108.33% |
| 53 out of 48 | 110.42% |
| 54 out of 48 | 112.5% |
| 55 out of 48 | 114.58% |
| 56 out of 48 | 116.67% |
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