Saturday, February 18, 2012

How do I calculate what percentage of hours 41 hours out of 2,080 hours is?

41/2080 part of 2080 is 41 hours



the percentage you get by multiplying the part with 100 %.



.How do I calculate what percentage of hours 41 hours out of 2,080 hours is?
To find a percentage of any numbers which have the same units, divide the part by the whole (41/2080) and then multiply the answer by 100. The number left will be the percentage.
base x rate = part of the base...



2080 x ? = 41

let u=?

2080u=41



divide both sides by 2080



2080u / 2080 = 41 / 2080



the answer is u = 0.0197115



change to percent



move 2 decimal places to the right

1.97115% of 2080 is 41How do I calculate what percentage of hours 41 hours out of 2,080 hours is?
Divide 41 by 2080
41/2080



and then the answer *100How do I calculate what percentage of hours 41 hours out of 2,080 hours is?
41 / 2080 x 100 = 1.97%
Divide 41 by 2080. Then multiply by 100 to get a percentage. To multiply by 100 you can just move the decimal point two digits to the right. My answer is 1.97.
Don't multiply X100



Just devide the smaller number by the larger number.



To double check multiply the larger number by the answer and you should get the smaller number or really close (40.976) which will round up.
Percentages can be done easily like this:



x out of 100 is like 41 out of 2080



x...................41

---.....=.........---

100............2080



Now cross multiply:

2080 * x = 100 * 41



Now simplify:



x = 100 * 41 / 2080



x = 1.97



So 41 is 1.97% of 2080



Good luck.
The percent that x makes up of y is another way of saying x/y. Once you get that number, you multiply by 100 and stick a percent sign at the end.



In this case, you have: 41/2080 = .02 or 2%

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