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What is 7 Percent of 84?

7% of 84 = 5.88

Result
5.88
Remaining
78.12
7% as decimal
0.07
84 + 7%
89.88

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 7 ÷ 100 = 0.07
  2. Multiply: 0.07 × 84 = 5.88
  3. Check: Work backwards: 5.88 ÷ 84 × 100 = 7%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 7/100 = part/84, so part = 7 × 84 ÷ 100 = 5.88. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =7%*84. 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

5.88 is the 7% share of 84. The remaining 93% is 78.12, and the two parts add back up to 84.

Discounts: 7% off an item priced $84 saves $5.88, so you pay $78.12.

Adding and taking away 7%

Increasing 84 by 7% gives 89.88 and decreasing it by 7% gives 78.12. These do not cancel out: raising 84 by 7% and then lowering the result by 7% ends at 83.5884, because the second 7% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 84% of 7. 7% of 84 and 84% of 7 are always equal (both are 7 × 84 ÷ 100 = 5.88), 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 84?

7% of 84 is 5.88. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 7% off 84?

78.12. Taking 7% off leaves 93% of 84.

What is 84 plus 7%?

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