What is 75 Percent of 42?
75% of 42 = 31.5
- Result
- 31.5
- Remaining
- 10.5
- 75% as decimal
- 0.75
- 42 + 75%
- 73.5
Sumwise · Checked by Theo Abbott · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How we check it
How to work it out
- Turn the percentage into a decimal: 75 ÷ 100 = 0.75
- Multiply: 0.75 × 42 = 31.5
- Check: Work backwards: 31.5 ÷ 42 × 100 = 75%.
Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 75/100 = part/42, so part = 75 × 42 ÷ 100 = 31.5. Both methods always give the same answer.
In a spreadsheet: =75%*42. 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
31.5 is the 75% share of 42. The remaining 25% is 10.5, and the two parts add back up to 42.
Discounts: 75% off an item priced $42 saves $31.5, so you pay $10.5.
Adding and taking away 75%
Increasing 42 by 75% gives 73.5 and decreasing it by 75% gives 10.5. These do not cancel out: raising 42 by 75% and then lowering the result by 75% ends at 18.375, because the second 75% is taken of a bigger number.
Related results
| 5% of 42 | 5% of 42 = 2.1 |
| 10% of 42 | 10% of 42 = 4.2 |
| 15% of 42 | 15% of 42 = 6.3 |
| 20% of 42 | 20% of 42 = 8.4 |
| 25% of 42 | 25% of 42 = 10.5 |
| 50% of 42 | 50% of 42 = 21 |
The other way round: 42% of 75
Practice
| 15% of 71 | Show answer15% of 71 = 10.65 |
| 43% of 56 | Show answer43% of 56 = 24.08 |
| 88% of 2 | Show answer88% of 2 = 1.76 |
| 97% of 8 | Show answer97% of 8 = 7.76 |
| 88% of 38 | Show answer88% of 38 = 33.44 |
| 8% of 41 | Show answer8% of 41 = 3.28 |
How answers are calculated and checked: methodology.
Questions
What is 75 Percent of 42?
75% of 42 is 31.5. Formula, steps and practice examples.
What is 75% off 42?
10.5. Taking 75% off leaves 25% of 42.
What is 42 plus 75%?
73.5. Adding 75% is the same as multiplying by 1.75.