Percentage Calculator

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Core percent equation: $$ \text{Part} = \text{Percent (decimal)} \times \text{Whole} $$Find a percentage of a number: $$ \text{Result} = \frac{p}{100} \times N $$Find what percentage one number is of another: $$ p = \frac{\text{Part}}{\text{Whole}} \times 100 $$Find the original number from a percentage: $$ \text{Whole} = \frac{\text{Part}}{p/100} = \frac{\text{Part} \times 100}{p} $$Percentage change from one value to another: $$ \text{Percentage Change} = \frac{\text{New} – \text{Old}}{\text{Old}} \times 100 $$Increase a value by a percentage: $$ \text{New Value} = \text{Original} \times \left(1 + \frac{p}{100}\right) $$Decrease a value by a percentage: $$ \text{New Value} = \text{Original} \times \left(1 – \frac{p}{100}\right) $$Discount / percent off: $$ \text{Sale Price} = \text{Original Price} \times \left(1 – \frac{d}{100}\right) $$Tip, tax, commission, interest, fee, surcharge, or bonus added on: $$ \text{Final Total} = \text{Base Amount} \times \left(1 + \frac{r}{100}\right) $$Reverse discount: $$ \text{Original Price} = \frac{\text{Final Price}}{1 – d/100} $$Reverse increase: $$ \text{Original Value} = \frac{\text{Final Value}}{1 + r/100} $$Markup on cost: $$ \text{Selling Price} = \text{Cost} \times \left(1 + \frac{m}{100}\right) $$Target profit margin on selling price: $$ \text{Selling Price} = \frac{\text{Cost}}{1 – m/100} $$Convert decimal to percent: $$ \text{Percent} = \text{Decimal} \times 100 $$Convert percent to decimal: $$ \text{Decimal} = \frac{\text{Percent}}{100} $$Convert fraction to percent: $$ \text{Percent} = \frac{a}{b} \times 100 $$Convert percent to fraction: $$ p\% = \frac{p}{100} $$ Then simplify the fraction if possible.

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Percentage Calculator on the Go

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Mental Math for Percentages

Every percentage calculation builds from two anchors: 10% (move the decimal left once) and 1% (move it left twice). From these, you can construct any percentage in your head.

10%
Decimal left 1
$84 → $8.40
5%
Half of 10%
$8.40 ÷ 2 = $4.20
15%
10% + 5%
$8.40 + $4.20
20%
Double 10%
$8.40 × 2 = $16.80
25%
Divide by 4
$84 ÷ 4 = $21
1%
Decimal left 2
$84 → $0.84
50%
Divide by 2
$84 ÷ 2 = $42
33%
Divide by 3
$84 ÷ 3 = $28

For any other percentage: find 10% and 1%, then combine. For 17%, that’s 10% + 5% + 1% + 1%. For 35%, that’s 10% + 10% + 10% + 5%.

Infographic showing how to calculate any percentage using 10% and 1% as building blocks. Examples show 15% equals 10% plus half of 10%, 17% equals 10% plus 5% plus 2%, 35% equals triple 10% plus half, and 23% equals double 10% plus triple 1%.

Tip Reference

Tip amounts for restaurants, bars, salons, and service providers. Find your bill and read across.

Bill15%18%20%25%
$20$3.00$3.60$4.00$5.00
$30$4.50$5.40$6.00$7.50
$40$6.00$7.20$8.00$10.00
$50$7.50$9.00$10.00$12.50
$75$11.25$13.50$15.00$18.75
$100$15.00$18.00$20.00$25.00
$150$22.50$27.00$30.00$37.50
$200$30.00$36.00$40.00$50.00

Fraction to Percentage

Fractions show up in recipes, measurements, statistics, and splitting costs. These are the conversions worth memorizing.

FractionDecimalPercentageWhere You See It
1/20.550%Half-off sales
1/30.333…33.33%Splitting bills 3 ways
2/30.666…66.67%Supermajority votes
1/40.2525%Quarterly reports, recipes
3/40.7575%Battery indicators
1/50.220%Standard tip
1/80.12512.5%Recipe measurements
1/100.110%Mental math foundation
1/120.0833…8.33%Monthly portion of annual

Visual chart showing common fractions converted to percentages with pie charts. 1/2 equals 50%, 1/3 equals 33.3%, 2/3 equals 66.7%, 1/4 equals 25%, 3/4 equals 75%, 1/5 equals 20%, 1/8 equals 12.5%, and 1/10 equals 10%.

Sale Price Calculator

What you actually pay after a discount. Multiply by the “pay” factor for instant calculation.

DiscountYou Pay$25$50$100$200
10% off× 0.90$22.50$45$90$180
15% off× 0.85$21.25$42.50$85$170
20% off× 0.80$20$40$80$160
25% off× 0.75$18.75$37.50$75$150
30% off× 0.70$17.50$35$70$140
40% off× 0.60$15$30$60$120
50% off× 0.50$12.50$25$50$100

Percentage Errors That Cost Money

These mistakes are easy to make and can lead to significant miscalculations in financial situations.

Stacking Discounts

A 20% discount plus a 10% discount is not 30% off. The second discount applies to the already-reduced price.

$100 with 20% off then 10% off
$100 × 0.80 = $80
$80 × 0.90 = $72 (not $70)
Reversing Changes

If something increases by 25%, it does not take a 25% decrease to return to the original. The percentages are calculated from different bases.

$100 + 25% = $125
To return to $100: $125 × 0.80 = $100
That’s a 20% decrease, not 25%
Loss Recovery

Losses require disproportionately larger gains to recover. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to break even.

$100 – 50% = $50
$50 + 50% = $75 (still down $25)
$50 + 100% = $100 (break even)
Points vs. Percentages

Moving from 10% to 15% is a 5 percentage point increase, but a 50% relative increase. News headlines often conflate these.

10% → 15%
Absolute: +5 percentage points
Relative: (15-10)/10 = +50%

Bar chart comparing percentage losses to the gains needed to recover. A 10% loss needs 11% gain, 20% loss needs 25% gain, 30% loss needs 43% gain, and 50% loss needs 100% gain to break even.

The Formulas

Each formula corresponds to one of the calculator functions above.

X% of a number
(X ÷ 100) × Number
What % is X of Y
(X ÷ Y) × 100
Percentage change
((New – Old) ÷ |Old|) × 100
Increase by X%
Value × (1 + X ÷ 100)
Decrease by X%
Value × (1 – X ÷ 100)
Original from result
(Result × 100) ÷ Percentage