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What is 4 Percent of 20?

4% of 20 = 0.8

Result
0.8
Remaining
19.2
4% as decimal
0.04
20 + 4%
20.8

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 4 ÷ 100 = 0.04
  2. Multiply: 0.04 × 20 = 0.8
  3. Check: Work backwards: 0.8 ÷ 20 × 100 = 4%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 4/100 = part/20, so part = 4 × 20 ÷ 100 = 0.8. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =4%*20. 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

0.8 is the 4% share of 20. The remaining 96% is 19.2, and the two parts add back up to 20.

Discounts: 4% off an item priced $20 saves $0.8, so you pay $19.2.

Adding and taking away 4%

Increasing 20 by 4% gives 20.8 and decreasing it by 4% gives 19.2. These do not cancel out: raising 20 by 4% and then lowering the result by 4% ends at 19.968, because the second 4% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 20% of 4. 4% of 20 and 20% of 4 are always equal (both are 4 × 20 ÷ 100 = 0.8), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

Practice

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Questions

What is 4 Percent of 20?

4% of 20 is 0.8. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 4% off 20?

19.2. Taking 4% off leaves 96% of 20.

What is 20 plus 4%?

20.8. Adding 4% is the same as multiplying by 1.04.