20 percent of 500

What's 20 percent of 500?

Answer: 20 percent of 500 it is 100

(Hundred)

100 is 20% of 500

20 percent of 500 calculation explanation

In order to calculate 20% of 500 let's write it as fractional equation.

We have 500 = 100% and X = 20%. So our fraction will look like:

500
/
X
=
100%
/
20%

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

X = (500 × 20) ÷ 100

=

X = 10000 ÷ 100

=

X = 100

Therefore, 20% of 500 is 100


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 (20). To find 1% of a number 500 you need to divide it by 100:

X = (500 ÷ 100) × 20

=

X = 5 × 20

=

X = 100

So we got the same result again: 100

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What's 20 percent of 500?

20 percent of 500 it is 100