What is 16 Percent of 42?
16% of 42 = 6.72
- Result
- 6.72
- Remaining
- 35.28
- 16% as decimal
- 0.16
- 42 + 16%
- 48.72
Sumwise · Checked by Theo Abbott · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How we check it
How to work it out
- Turn the percentage into a decimal: 16 ÷ 100 = 0.16
- Multiply: 0.16 × 42 = 6.72
- Check: Work backwards: 6.72 ÷ 42 × 100 = 16%.
Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 16/100 = part/42, so part = 16 × 42 ÷ 100 = 6.72. Both methods always give the same answer.
In a spreadsheet: =16%*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
6.72 is the 16% share of 42. The remaining 84% is 35.28, and the two parts add back up to 42.
Discounts: 16% off an item priced $42 saves $6.72, so you pay $35.28.
Adding and taking away 16%
Increasing 42 by 16% gives 48.72 and decreasing it by 16% gives 35.28. These do not cancel out: raising 42 by 16% and then lowering the result by 16% ends at 40.9248, because the second 16% is taken of a bigger number.
Related results
| 5% of 42 | 5% of 42 = 2.1 |
| 10% of 42 | 10% of 42 = 4.2 |
| 15% of 42 | 15% of 42 = 6.3 |
| 20% of 42 | 20% of 42 = 8.4 |
| 25% of 42 | 25% of 42 = 10.5 |
| 50% of 42 | 50% of 42 = 21 |
| 75% of 42 | 75% of 42 = 31.5 |
The other way round: 42% of 16
Practice
| 4% of 48 | Show answer4% of 48 = 1.92 |
| 93% of 7 | Show answer93% of 7 = 6.51 |
| 33% of 20 | Show answer33% of 20 = 6.6 |
| 94% of 75 | Show answer94% of 75 = 70.5 |
| 86% of 38 | Show answer86% of 38 = 32.68 |
| 70% of 65 | Show answer70% of 65 = 45.5 |
How answers are calculated and checked: methodology.
Questions
What is 16 Percent of 42?
16% of 42 is 6.72. Formula, steps and practice examples.
What is 16% off 42?
35.28. Taking 16% off leaves 84% of 42.
What is 42 plus 16%?
48.72. Adding 16% is the same as multiplying by 1.16.