Percentage Calculator

Calculate percentages, percentage changes, and solve percentage problems.

What is X% of Y?

Example: I have $100, I want to know what 20% of it is

%
Result
$20.00

$X is Y% of what number?

Example: I have $240 and I know it's 25% of something, what's the original number?

%
Original Number
$960.00
So $240 is 25% of $960.00

Percentage Change

Example: I had $100, now I have $120, what's the % change?

Increase
20.00%
I have $100, I want to add 20%
+20% of $100
$120.00
I have $100, I want to subtract 20%
-20% of $100
$80.00

Abbreviations Explained

% (Percent): Per hundred; a way to express a number as a fraction of 100.

Percentage Increase: The amount by which a value has grown, expressed as a percentage of the original value.

Percentage Decrease: The amount by which a value has declined, expressed as a percentage of the original value.

Percentage Change: The relative change between an old value and a new value.

Percentage Of: Finding what portion one number represents of another number.

How the Calculation Works

Common percentage formulas:

1. What is X% of Y?

Result = (X / 100) × Y

Example: 20% of 150 = (20/100) × 150 = 30

2. X is what % of Y?

Percentage = (X / Y) × 100

Example: 30 is what % of 150? = (30/150) × 100 = 20%

3. Percentage Change

Change = [(New - Old) / Old] × 100

Example: From 100 to 120 = [(120-100)/100] × 100 = 20% increase

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