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 1/2, so 32/2 = 16.

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

The decimal form of 32%" is " 0.32

50xx0.32=(50xx0.3)+(50xx0.02)
50xx0.3= 5xx3 = 15
50xx0.02=5xx0.2=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 n/100. In this case our n is 32, therefore, 32% = 32/100. We can now determine 32% of 50 by multiplying the two.
32/100 * 50 = 16.