What number is 32% of 50?

2 Answers
Mar 12, 2018

32% of 50=16

Explanation:

There are a couple ways to do this, but a recent 'trick' I learned is that:

x% of y=y% of x

Using this 'trick' you can substitute 32% of 50 with 50% of 32.

50% is the same as saying 12, so 322=16.

As a check, we'll do the other way, longhand:

The decimal form of 32% is 0.32

50×0.32=(50×0.3)+(50×0.02)
50×0.3=5×3=15
50×0.02=5×0.2=1
15+1=16

Mar 12, 2018

16

Explanation:

Breaking down the word percent we get per, meaning out of, and cent, meaning 100. A percentage can be though of as our number out of 100 or n100. In this case our n is 32, therefore, 32%=32100. We can now determine 32% of 50 by multiplying the two.
3210050=16.