I'm trying to learn the forumlar for figuring out percentages to help me at work.
1000-801.81 = 198.19 (what is the percentage?)
2007-02-02 04:19:32 · 15 answers · asked by B B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
n/100 = 198.19/1000
n = (198.19/1000) * 100
n = 19.819 %
A simple ratio.
2007-02-02 04:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by SPB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When dealing with a percentage, you always have to consider the question, "percentage of what?" For example, if I ask for a fifth of a pie you have, what percentage of the total pie is that? To help answer this, the next step is to realize that the maximum amount of a percentage is 100%. Granted, in sports people talk about giving "110%". This is just an expression. And in economics, people may report 200% growth (for example). That's another issue. For simplicity, keep thinking of things as "percent of total".
With that in mind, a fifth of a pie is: 1/5 = 0.2 To get percent, mulitply by 100%, so 0.2 x 100% = 20% I asked for 20% of the pie, you have 80% left.
As for your equation, 1000-801.81 = 198.19, I am assuming you are asking what percent is 198.19 of the total. So do the same thing you did with the pie: 198.19/1000 = 0.19819 x 100% = 19.819%. This can be rounded to 19.8%.
I hope this helps!
2007-02-02 04:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by doctoru2 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take that example as a profit statement. An item costing 801.81 dollars was say sold at 1000 dollars. What is the profit as a percentage? So, 198.19 is to be divided by the original cost and multiplied by 100.
Is this what you were looking for?
2007-02-02 04:28:02 · answer #3 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are asking what % is 198.19 of 1000 the answer is given by :-
(198.19/1000) x 100 % = 19.819% = 19.8% to 1 decimal place
2007-02-02 04:31:29 · answer #4 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
% means calculating the numbers in term of 100.
In the example cited 198.19is out of 1000.So out of 100 it will be 198.19/1000*100=19.819
2007-02-02 04:35:04 · answer #5 · answered by Harry Potter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
198.19*100/1000
2007-02-03 01:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by @! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just remember take the number and put it two decimal places after the first number if it is more then 100 for exaple....
801.81 can be a percentage because it is more than 100 so you move the decimal 1 place forward like this 80.181 then add the percentage signs. 80.181% heres another
3500-2013.329= 1486.671, to make this into a percentage move the decimal place 2 places ahead so it would be 14.86671% or you could round it to 15% so 1486.671 is equal to about 15% of 3500
hope this helps you
2007-02-02 04:56:11 · answer #7 · answered by Richie B. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
198.19 / 1000 = x / 100
x = [198.19(100)] / (1000)
x = 198.19 / 10
x = 19.819%
198.19 represents 19.819% of 1000.
2007-02-02 04:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by S. B. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
198.19/100 = 198.19*100/100*100
=19819/10000 = 1.98%
2007-02-06 01:42:57 · answer #9 · answered by Shash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy my friend now your probelm is to figure out percentage for 198.19 =1.9819
2007-02-02 18:39:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋