what is 2%of 40?

Answer 1

2% of 40
is .02 times 40
which is .8

Answer 2

2 % of 40= 1/50 x 40= 4/5= ,80

Answer 3

start by converting 2% to a fraction :

2% = 1/50

Then we have

2% of 40 = 1/50 x 40 = 1/50 x 40/1 = 40/50

Notice that 40 was rewritten as the fraction 40/1, and that to multiply two fractions together, you simply multiply the numerators and denominators.

In order to find the simplest form of the fraction 40/50 we cancel out the greatest common divisor of 40 and 50, which is 10 :

40/50 = 4/5

The fraction 4/5 can now be converted to a decimal by carrying out the division by inspection, on paper or with a calculator :

4/5 = 0.8

So the final answer is

2% of 40 = 4/5 = 0.8

another way is:

Alternately, we can convert 2% directly to a decimal :

2% = 0.02

Then, doing the calculation by hand or with a calculator, we find

2% of 40 = 0.02 x 40 = 0.8

So the final answer is

2% of 40 = 0.8

Answer 4

Multiply 40 by 2 and divide the result by 100.

Answer 5

.8 is take 40*.02 that should give you your answer you can check it by taking .08/40 and then times it by 100.

so yep 2% of 40 is 0.8

Answer 6

Let what = x

Let is be =

change 2% to a decimal; it becomes 0.02

Let of mean multiplication

Put it all together this way:

x = 0.02 times 40

x = 0.8

I hope this helps.