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What is 50 Percent of 120?

50% of 120 = 60

Result
60
Remaining
60
50% as decimal
0.5
120 + 50%
180

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 50 ÷ 100 = 0.5
  2. Multiply: 0.5 × 120 = 60
  3. Check: Work backwards: 60 ÷ 120 × 100 = 50%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 50/100 = part/120, so part = 50 × 120 ÷ 100 = 60. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =50%*120. 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

60 is the 50% share of 120. The remaining 50% is 60, and the two parts add back up to 120.

Discounts: 50% off an item priced $120 saves $60, so you pay $60.

Adding and taking away 50%

Increasing 120 by 50% gives 180 and decreasing it by 50% gives 60. These do not cancel out: raising 120 by 50% and then lowering the result by 50% ends at 90, because the second 50% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 120% of 50. 50% of 120 and 120% of 50 are always equal (both are 50 × 120 ÷ 100 = 60), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

What is 50 Percent of 120?

50% of 120 is 60. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 50% off 120?

60. Taking 50% off leaves 50% of 120.

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180. Adding 50% is the same as multiplying by 1.5.