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What is 20 Percent of 1000?

20% of 1000 = 200

Result
200
Remaining
800
20% as decimal
0.2
1000 + 20%
1,200

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 20 ÷ 100 = 0.2
  2. Multiply: 0.2 × 1000 = 200
  3. Check: Work backwards: 200 ÷ 1000 × 100 = 20%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 20/100 = part/1000, so part = 20 × 1000 ÷ 100 = 200. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =20%*1000. 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

200 is the 20% share of 1000. The remaining 80% is 800, and the two parts add back up to 1000.

Discounts: 20% off an item priced $1,000 saves $200, so you pay $800.

Adding and taking away 20%

Increasing 1000 by 20% gives 1,200 and decreasing it by 20% gives 800. These do not cancel out: raising 1000 by 20% and then lowering the result by 20% ends at 960, because the second 20% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 1000% of 20. 20% of 1000 and 1000% of 20 are always equal (both are 20 × 1000 ÷ 100 = 200), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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