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What is 40 Percent of 40?

40% of 40 = 16

Result
16
Remaining
24
40% as decimal
0.4
40 + 40%
56

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 40 ÷ 100 = 0.4
  2. Multiply: 0.4 × 40 = 16
  3. Check: Work backwards: 16 ÷ 40 × 100 = 40%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 40/100 = part/40, so part = 40 × 40 ÷ 100 = 16. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =40%*40. 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

16 is the 40% share of 40. The remaining 60% is 24, and the two parts add back up to 40.

Discounts: 40% off an item priced $40 saves $16, so you pay $24.

Adding and taking away 40%

Increasing 40 by 40% gives 56 and decreasing it by 40% gives 24. These do not cancel out: raising 40 by 40% and then lowering the result by 40% ends at 33.6, because the second 40% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 40% of 40. 40% of 40 and 40% of 40 are always equal (both are 40 × 40 ÷ 100 = 16), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

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