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What is 10 Percent of 100?

10% of 100 = 10

Result
10
Remaining
90
10% as decimal
0.1
100 + 10%
110

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 10 ÷ 100 = 0.1
  2. Multiply: 0.1 × 100 = 10
  3. Check: Work backwards: 10 ÷ 100 × 100 = 10%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 10/100 = part/100, so part = 10 × 100 ÷ 100 = 10. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =10%*100. Forgetting to divide the percentage by 100 makes the answer 100 times too big. Note that x% of y always equals y% of x.

What the result means

10 is the 10% share of 100. The remaining 90% is 90, and the two parts add back up to 100.

Discounts: 10% off an item priced $100 saves $10, so you pay $90.

Adding and taking away 10%

Increasing 100 by 10% gives 110 and decreasing it by 10% gives 90. These do not cancel out: raising 100 by 10% and then lowering the result by 10% ends at 99, because the second 10% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 100% of 10. 10% of 100 and 100% of 10 are always equal (both are 10 × 100 ÷ 100 = 10), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

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