Sumwise

42 is What Percent of 48?

42 is 87.5% of 48

Percentage
87.5%
Decimal
0.875
Fraction
42/48
Ratio
42:48

Sumwise · Maintained by Theo Abbott (pen name) · automated checks · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How the checks work

How to work it out

  1. Divide the part by the whole: 42 ÷ 48 = 0.875
  2. Multiply by 100: 0.875 × 100 = 87.5%
  3. Check: Work backwards: 87.5% of 48 is 0.875 × 48 = 42.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 42/48 = p/100, so p = 42 × 100 ÷ 48 = 87.5%. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =42/48*100. Dividing the wrong way round (whole ÷ part) gives a different answer. The number after “of” is always the whole, so it goes on the bottom.

What the result means

42 is more than three quarters of 48. The part that is left, 6, is the other 12.5%.

Test scores: 42 correct answers out of 48 is a score of 87.5%, which on a common US grading scale is a B.

Turning it around

If you know that 42 is 87.5% of a number, you can get that number back: 42 ÷ 0.875 = 48. And 48 as a percentage of 42 is 114.2857%, a different answer, because the whole has changed.

Related results

Results for nearby numbers
40 is what % of 48

40 is 83.3333% of 48

41 is what % of 48

41 is 85.4167% of 48

43 is what % of 48

43 is 89.5833% of 48

44 is what % of 48

44 is 91.6667% of 48

47 is what % of 48

47 is 97.9167% of 48

The other way round: 48 is what percent of 42?. Swapping the numbers gives a different answer: 48 is 114.2857% of 42. The two percentages multiply to 10,000 (87.5 × 114.2857 = 10,000), because 42/48 and 48/42 are reciprocals.

Practice

9 is what % of 21
Show answer

9 is 42.8571% of 21

79 is what % of 11
Show answer

79 is 718.1818% of 11

26 is what % of 54
Show answer

26 is 48.1481% of 54

10 is what % of 59
Show answer

10 is 16.9492% of 59

90 is what % of 65
Show answer

90 is 138.4615% of 65

9 is what % of 37
Show answer

9 is 24.3243% of 37

Calculate another

How answers are calculated and checked: methodology.

Questions

42 is What Percent of 48?

42 is 87.5% of 48. See the formula, the steps and practice examples.

What is 42 out of 48 as a fraction?

42/48, which simplifies to 7/8. As a decimal it is 0.875.

Is 42 more than half of 48?

Yes. Half of 48 is 24, and 42 is more than that.