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What is 7 Percent of 6?

7% of 6 = 0.42

Result
0.42
Remaining
5.58
7% as decimal
0.07
6 + 7%
6.42

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 7 ÷ 100 = 0.07
  2. Multiply: 0.07 × 6 = 0.42
  3. Check: Work backwards: 0.42 ÷ 6 × 100 = 7%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 7/100 = part/6, so part = 7 × 6 ÷ 100 = 0.42. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =7%*6. 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 7% share of 6. The remaining 93% is 5.58, and the two parts add back up to 6.

Discounts: 7% off an item priced $6 saves $0.42, so you pay $5.58.

Adding and taking away 7%

Increasing 6 by 7% gives 6.42 and decreasing it by 7% gives 5.58. These do not cancel out: raising 6 by 7% and then lowering the result by 7% ends at 5.9706, because the second 7% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 6% of 7. 7% of 6 and 6% of 7 are always equal (both are 7 × 6 ÷ 100 = 0.42), 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 6?

7% of 6 is 0.42. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 7% off 6?

5.58. Taking 7% off leaves 93% of 6.

What is 6 plus 7%?

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