What is 42 Percent of 1?
42% of 1 = 0.42
- Result
- 0.42
- Remaining
- 0.58
- 42% as decimal
- 0.42
- 1 + 42%
- 1.42
Sumwise · Checked by Theo Abbott · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How we check it
How to work it out
- Turn the percentage into a decimal: 42 ÷ 100 = 0.42
- Multiply: 0.42 × 1 = 0.42
- Check: Work backwards: 0.42 ÷ 1 × 100 = 42%.
Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 42/100 = part/1, so part = 42 × 1 ÷ 100 = 0.42. Both methods always give the same answer.
In a spreadsheet: =42%*1. 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
0.42 is the 42% share of 1. The remaining 58% is 0.58, and the two parts add back up to 1.
Discounts: 42% off an item priced $1 saves $0.42, so you pay $0.58.
Adding and taking away 42%
Increasing 1 by 42% gives 1.42 and decreasing it by 42% gives 0.58. These do not cancel out: raising 1 by 42% and then lowering the result by 42% ends at 0.8236, because the second 42% is taken of a bigger number.
Related results
| 5% of 1 | 5% of 1 = 0.05 |
| 10% of 1 | 10% of 1 = 0.1 |
| 15% of 1 | 15% of 1 = 0.15 |
| 20% of 1 | 20% of 1 = 0.2 |
| 25% of 1 | 25% of 1 = 0.25 |
| 50% of 1 | 50% of 1 = 0.5 |
| 75% of 1 | 75% of 1 = 0.75 |
The other way round: 1% of 42
Practice
| 9% of 46 | Show answer9% of 46 = 4.14 |
| 66% of 15 | Show answer66% of 15 = 9.9 |
| 75% of 70 | Show answer75% of 70 = 52.5 |
| 30% of 74 | Show answer30% of 74 = 22.2 |
| 21% of 63 | Show answer21% of 63 = 13.23 |
| 39% of 72 | Show answer39% of 72 = 28.08 |
How answers are calculated and checked: methodology.
Questions
What is 42 Percent of 1?
42% of 1 is 0.42. Formula, steps and practice examples.
What is 42% off 1?
0.58. Taking 42% off leaves 58% of 1.
What is 1 plus 42%?
1.42. Adding 42% is the same as multiplying by 1.42.