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42 is What Percent of 60?

42 is 70% of 60

Percentage
70%
Decimal
0.7
Fraction
42/60
Ratio
42:60

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How to work it out

  1. Divide the part by the whole: 42 ÷ 60 = 0.7
  2. Multiply by 100: 0.7 × 100 = 70%
  3. Check: Work backwards: 70% of 60 is 0.7 × 60 = 42.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 42/60 = p/100, so p = 42 × 100 ÷ 60 = 70%. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =42/60*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 half but less than three quarters of 60. The part that is left, 18, is the other 30%.

Test scores: 42 correct answers out of 60 is a score of 70%, which on a common US grading scale is a C.

Turning it around

If you know that 42 is 70% of a number, you can get that number back: 42 ÷ 0.7 = 60. And 60 as a percentage of 42 is 142.8571%, a different answer, because the whole has changed.

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The other way round: 60 is what percent of 42?. Swapping the numbers gives a different answer: 60 is 142.8571% of 42. The two percentages multiply to 10,000 (70 × 142.8571 = 10,000), because 42/60 and 60/42 are reciprocals.

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Questions

42 is What Percent of 60?

42 is 70% of 60. See the formula, the steps and practice examples.

What is 42 out of 60 as a fraction?

42/60, which simplifies to 7/10. As a decimal it is 0.7.

Is 42 more than half of 60?

Yes. Half of 60 is 30, and 42 is more than that.