Question

Find the percent of the number.

5% of 800

A.
4000

B.
400

C.
40

D.
0.40

Answer 1

D

Answer 2

Its C :)

Answer 3

What are the steps?

Answer 4

To find the percentage of a number is quite simple.

Answer 5

i bet it is d

Answer 6

if you want to find 5% of 800 all you have to do is multiply 800 by .05

Answer 7

i guarantee THAT IT IS D

Answer 8

my bad it is C

Answer 9

800 x 0.5 = 400

Answer 10

5% means 5/100 so 5% of 800 is
800 times 5 and divide by 100

Answer 11

no

Answer 12

.05 not .5 that would give you 50%

Answer 13

Oh. Do you always put the percentage in the hundredths place, or just one-digit percentages?

Answer 14

If it's single digit put a 0 in front. Otherwise just type it out as a standard decimal. (or to put it annother way if you have 23% do .23 but if you have 4% do .04)

Answer 15

Here's how you do it.
What is 5% of 100?
There is 800, so multiply 0.5 x 8, and there's your answer.

Answer 16

@ijlal is also right. 800 x 5 / 100 is also 40.

Answer 17

Yes, so 40 is your answer. :)

Answer 18

800 x 5 / 100 = 800 / 0.05 = 40.

Answer 19

?

Answer 20

To me that's the complicated way, but yeah, that works

Answer 21

800 x .05 If you divide by a decimal the number gets bigger.

Answer 22

800 x 5/100 = 800 x 0.05 not 800/0.05

Answer 23

800 x 0.5 is 400, @ijlal.

Answer 24

800 x 0.05 is 40.

Answer 25

Guys, you're making it so complicated...
5% of 100 = ?
Use that answer, mulitply time 8, since it's 800. There's your answer

Answer 26

Ok, thankyou. Can everybody give eachother a medal. I can't give more than one.

Answer 27

@gottennis121 What if you have significantly larger numbers that don't go into 100 evenly or numbers smaller than 100 for that matter. (this is genuine question)

Answer 28

@XxStudyingStuffxX bro 0.05 and 0.5 are different things 50/100 is 0.5 but 5/100 is 0.05 so 5% of 800 is 800 times 5 divide by 100 simple :)

Answer 29

Thats why I said you were right.

Answer 30

They are just two different ways of doing it.

Answer 31

I use that method for that type of stuff that goes into 100.
People criticize the way I work things out, but I still get the say answer. :)

Answer 32

That's still a pretty limited way of getting an answer. That's like using one method that only works if there is a 2 in the equation.

Answer 33

I have other ways for different sitiuations.