6/42 as a percent
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What percentage is 6 out of 42?
Answer: 6 out of 42 as a percentage is 14.29%
(Fourteen percent)
6 is 14.29 percent out of 42
Explanation of 6/42 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 42 is 6 you have to divide 6 by 42 and then multiply the result by 100.
Here is the complete solution:
(6 ÷ 42) × 100
=0.1429 × 100
=14.29%
To make it easier to calculate, you may write it as an equation:
6
/
42
=
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 42:
100 ÷ 42 = 2.381
Now we can multiply our numerator 6 by this multiplier:
6 × 2.381 = 14.29 %
so
6
/
42
=
14.29
/
100
= 14.29%
There is also another approach - you can first multiply numerator 6 by 100 and then divide result by denominator 42 :
(6 × 100) ÷ 42
=600 ÷ 42
=14.29%
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Percentage table
| Numbers | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 1 out of 42 | 2.38% |
| 2 out of 42 | 4.76% |
| 3 out of 42 | 7.14% |
| 4 out of 42 | 9.52% |
| 5 out of 42 | 11.9% |
| 6 out of 42 | 14.29% |
| 7 out of 42 | 16.67% |
| 8 out of 42 | 19.05% |
| 9 out of 42 | 21.43% |
| 10 out of 42 | 23.81% |
| 11 out of 42 | 26.19% |
| 12 out of 42 | 28.57% |
| 13 out of 42 | 30.95% |
| 14 out of 42 | 33.33% |
| 15 out of 42 | 35.71% |
| 16 out of 42 | 38.1% |
| 17 out of 42 | 40.48% |
| 18 out of 42 | 42.86% |
| 19 out of 42 | 45.24% |
| 20 out of 42 | 47.62% |
| 21 out of 42 | 50% |
| 22 out of 42 | 52.38% |
| 23 out of 42 | 54.76% |
| 24 out of 42 | 57.14% |
| 25 out of 42 | 59.52% |
| 26 out of 42 | 61.9% |
| 27 out of 42 | 64.29% |
| 28 out of 42 | 66.67% |
| 29 out of 42 | 69.05% |
| 30 out of 42 | 71.43% |
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