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What is 5 Percent of 8?

5% of 8 = 0.4

Result
0.4
Remaining
7.6
5% as decimal
0.05
8 + 5%
8.4

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 5 ÷ 100 = 0.05
  2. Multiply: 0.05 × 8 = 0.4
  3. Check: Work backwards: 0.4 ÷ 8 × 100 = 5%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 5/100 = part/8, so part = 5 × 8 ÷ 100 = 0.4. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =5%*8. 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

0.4 is the 5% share of 8. The remaining 95% is 7.6, and the two parts add back up to 8.

Discounts: 5% off an item priced $8 saves $0.4, so you pay $7.6.

Adding and taking away 5%

Increasing 8 by 5% gives 8.4 and decreasing it by 5% gives 7.6. These do not cancel out: raising 8 by 5% and then lowering the result by 5% ends at 7.98, because the second 5% is taken of a bigger number.

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10% of 8

10% of 8 = 0.8

15% of 8

15% of 8 = 1.2

20% of 8

20% of 8 = 1.6

25% of 8

25% of 8 = 2

50% of 8

50% of 8 = 4

75% of 8

75% of 8 = 6

The other way round: 8% of 5. 5% of 8 and 8% of 5 are always equal (both are 5 × 8 ÷ 100 = 0.4), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

Practice

2% of 54
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2% of 54 = 1.08

31% of 26
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31% of 26 = 8.06

21% of 81
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21% of 81 = 17.01

29% of 54
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29% of 54 = 15.66

5% of 31
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5% of 31 = 1.55

49% of 76
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49% of 76 = 37.24

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Questions

What is 5 Percent of 8?

5% of 8 is 0.4. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 5% off 8?

7.6. Taking 5% off leaves 95% of 8.

What is 8 plus 5%?

8.4. Adding 5% is the same as multiplying by 1.05.