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What is 40 Percent of 500?

40% of 500 = 200

Result
200
Remaining
300
40% as decimal
0.4
500 + 40%
700

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 40 ÷ 100 = 0.4
  2. Multiply: 0.4 × 500 = 200
  3. Check: Work backwards: 200 ÷ 500 × 100 = 40%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 40/100 = part/500, so part = 40 × 500 ÷ 100 = 200. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =40%*500. 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 40% share of 500. The remaining 60% is 300, and the two parts add back up to 500.

Discounts: 40% off an item priced $500 saves $200, so you pay $300.

Adding and taking away 40%

Increasing 500 by 40% gives 700 and decreasing it by 40% gives 300. These do not cancel out: raising 500 by 40% and then lowering the result by 40% ends at 420, because the second 40% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 500% of 40. 40% of 500 and 500% of 40 are always equal (both are 40 × 500 ÷ 100 = 200), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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