How to calculate percentage?

ok so i need to no how to find the difference between numbers using percentage.

so for example 49,511 what is 1.95% of this.

What is it and how do i work it out with a basic calculator?.How to calculate percentage?
Type in your percentage (1.95 in this case) in the calculator.

Result: 1.95



Divide by 100.

Result: .0195



Multiply by what you wanted to find the percentage of (in this case 49511)

Result: 965.465
.0195 X 49,511



percent= of a hundred so for other problems you divide the percentage given by one hundred and multiply it by the number given.How to calculate percentage?
What you do is divide the percent by 100.

For example, if you want 50% (one half) you multiply a number by 0.50 (one half)



So in this case, 1.95 divided by 100 is 0.0195.

Multiply 49511 times 0.0195, and there's your answer.
Percent is parts per hundred, so multiply by 0.0195 to get the answer.How to calculate percentage?
convert the % to a decimal and the multiply the two numbers=

1.95%= 0.0195



49,511 x .0195=965.4645



I think thats right, but always double check!
divide 49,511 by 100 = 1%

1% x 1.95 =

965.4645 is 1.95% of 49511