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What is 5 Percent of 1000?

5% of 1000 = 50

Result
50
Remaining
950
5% as decimal
0.05
1000 + 5%
1,050

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 5 ÷ 100 = 0.05
  2. Multiply: 0.05 × 1000 = 50
  3. Check: Work backwards: 50 ÷ 1000 × 100 = 5%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 5/100 = part/1000, so part = 5 × 1000 ÷ 100 = 50. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =5%*1000. 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

50 is the 5% share of 1000. The remaining 95% is 950, and the two parts add back up to 1000.

Discounts: 5% off an item priced $1,000 saves $50, so you pay $950.

Adding and taking away 5%

Increasing 1000 by 5% gives 1,050 and decreasing it by 5% gives 950. These do not cancel out: raising 1000 by 5% and then lowering the result by 5% ends at 997.5, because the second 5% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 1000% of 5. 5% of 1000 and 1000% of 5 are always equal (both are 5 × 1000 ÷ 100 = 50), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

What is 5 Percent of 1000?

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