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What is 88 Percent of 42?

88% of 42 = 36.96

Result
36.96
Remaining
5.04
88% as decimal
0.88
42 + 88%
78.96

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How to work it out

  1. Turn the percentage into a decimal: 88 ÷ 100 = 0.88
  2. Multiply: 0.88 × 42 = 36.96
  3. Check: Work backwards: 36.96 ÷ 42 × 100 = 88%.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 88/100 = part/42, so part = 88 × 42 ÷ 100 = 36.96. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =88%*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

36.96 is the 88% share of 42. The remaining 12% is 5.04, and the two parts add back up to 42.

Discounts: 88% off an item priced $42 saves $36.96, so you pay $5.04.

Adding and taking away 88%

Increasing 42 by 88% gives 78.96 and decreasing it by 88% gives 5.04. These do not cancel out: raising 42 by 88% and then lowering the result by 88% ends at 9.4752, because the second 88% is taken of a bigger number.

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The other way round: 42% of 88. 88% of 42 and 42% of 88 are always equal (both are 88 × 42 ÷ 100 = 36.96), 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 88 Percent of 42?

88% of 42 is 36.96. Formula, steps and practice examples.

What is 88% off 42?

5.04. Taking 88% off leaves 12% of 42.

What is 42 plus 88%?

78.96. Adding 88% is the same as multiplying by 1.88.