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What is 80 Percent of 300?

80% of 300 = 240

Result
240
Remaining
60
80% as decimal
0.8
300 + 80%
540

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 80 ÷ 100 = 0.8
  2. Multiply: 0.8 × 300 = 240
  3. Check: Work backwards: 240 ÷ 300 × 100 = 80%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 80/100 = part/300, so part = 80 × 300 ÷ 100 = 240. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =80%*300. 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

240 is the 80% share of 300. The remaining 20% is 60, and the two parts add back up to 300.

Discounts: 80% off an item priced $300 saves $240, so you pay $60.

Adding and taking away 80%

Increasing 300 by 80% gives 540 and decreasing it by 80% gives 60. These do not cancel out: raising 300 by 80% and then lowering the result by 80% ends at 108, because the second 80% is taken of a bigger number.

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75% of 300

75% of 300 = 225

The other way round: 300% of 80. 80% of 300 and 300% of 80 are always equal (both are 80 × 300 ÷ 100 = 240), so you can swap the numbers when one order is easier to work out in your head.

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Questions

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