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What is 10 Percent of 500?

10% of 500 = 50

Result
50
Remaining
450
10% as decimal
0.1
500 + 10%
550

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 10 ÷ 100 = 0.1
  2. Multiply: 0.1 × 500 = 50
  3. Check: Work backwards: 50 ÷ 500 × 100 = 10%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 10/100 = part/500, so part = 10 × 500 ÷ 100 = 50. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =10%*500. 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

50 is the 10% share of 500. The remaining 90% is 450, and the two parts add back up to 500.

Discounts: 10% off an item priced $500 saves $50, so you pay $450.

Adding and taking away 10%

Increasing 500 by 10% gives 550 and decreasing it by 10% gives 450. These do not cancel out: raising 500 by 10% and then lowering the result by 10% ends at 495, because the second 10% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 500% of 10. 10% of 500 and 500% of 10 are always equal (both are 10 × 500 ÷ 100 = 50), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

What is 10 Percent of 500?

10% of 500 is 50. Formula, steps and practice examples.

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450. Taking 10% off leaves 90% of 500.

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550. Adding 10% is the same as multiplying by 1.1.