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What is 20 Percent of 125?

20% of 125 = 25

Result
25
Remaining
100
20% as decimal
0.2
125 + 20%
150

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 20 ÷ 100 = 0.2
  2. Multiply: 0.2 × 125 = 25
  3. Check: Work backwards: 25 ÷ 125 × 100 = 20%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 20/100 = part/125, so part = 20 × 125 ÷ 100 = 25. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =20%*125. 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

25 is the 20% share of 125. The remaining 80% is 100, and the two parts add back up to 125.

Discounts: 20% off an item priced $125 saves $25, so you pay $100.

Adding and taking away 20%

Increasing 125 by 20% gives 150 and decreasing it by 20% gives 100. These do not cancel out: raising 125 by 20% and then lowering the result by 20% ends at 120, because the second 20% is taken of a bigger number.

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75% of 125

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The other way round: 125% of 20. 20% of 125 and 125% of 20 are always equal (both are 20 × 125 ÷ 100 = 25), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

What is 20 Percent of 125?

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