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What is 11 Percent of 42?

11% of 42 = 4.62

Result
4.62
Remaining
37.38
11% as decimal
0.11
42 + 11%
46.62

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 11 ÷ 100 = 0.11
  2. Multiply: 0.11 × 42 = 4.62
  3. Check: Work backwards: 4.62 ÷ 42 × 100 = 11%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 11/100 = part/42, so part = 11 × 42 ÷ 100 = 4.62. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =11%*42. 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

4.62 is the 11% share of 42. The remaining 89% is 37.38, and the two parts add back up to 42.

Discounts: 11% off an item priced $42 saves $4.62, so you pay $37.38.

Adding and taking away 11%

Increasing 42 by 11% gives 46.62 and decreasing it by 11% gives 37.38. These do not cancel out: raising 42 by 11% and then lowering the result by 11% ends at 41.4918, because the second 11% is taken of a bigger number.

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75% of 42

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The other way round: 42% of 11. 11% of 42 and 42% of 11 are always equal (both are 11 × 42 ÷ 100 = 4.62), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

Practice

3% of 96
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3% of 96 = 2.88

97% of 34
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97% of 34 = 32.98

4% of 88
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4% of 88 = 3.52

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8% of 49
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75% of 41
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Questions

What is 11 Percent of 42?

11% of 42 is 4.62. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 11% off 42?

37.38. Taking 11% off leaves 89% of 42.

What is 42 plus 11%?

46.62. Adding 11% is the same as multiplying by 1.11.