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What is 7 Percent of 20?

7% of 20 = 1.4

Result
1.4
Remaining
18.6
7% as decimal
0.07
20 + 7%
21.4

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 7 ÷ 100 = 0.07
  2. Multiply: 0.07 × 20 = 1.4
  3. Check: Work backwards: 1.4 ÷ 20 × 100 = 7%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 7/100 = part/20, so part = 7 × 20 ÷ 100 = 1.4. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =7%*20. 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

1.4 is the 7% share of 20. The remaining 93% is 18.6, and the two parts add back up to 20.

Discounts: 7% off an item priced $20 saves $1.4, so you pay $18.6.

Adding and taking away 7%

Increasing 20 by 7% gives 21.4 and decreasing it by 7% gives 18.6. These do not cancel out: raising 20 by 7% and then lowering the result by 7% ends at 19.902, because the second 7% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 20% of 7. 7% of 20 and 20% of 7 are always equal (both are 7 × 20 ÷ 100 = 1.4), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

Practice

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Questions

What is 7 Percent of 20?

7% of 20 is 1.4. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 7% off 20?

18.6. Taking 7% off leaves 93% of 20.

What is 20 plus 7%?

21.4. Adding 7% is the same as multiplying by 1.07.