50 of three hundred
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Using this tool you can find any percentage in three ways. So, we think you reached us looking for answers like: 1) What is 50 percent (%) of three-hundred? 2) 50 is what percent of three-hundred? Or may be: 50 of three hundred?
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Here are the solutions to the questions stated above:
1) What is 50% of 300?
Always use this formula to find a percentage:
% / 100 = Part / Whole replace the given values:
50 / 100 = Part / 300
Cross multiply:
50 x 300 = 100 x Part, or
15000 = 100 x Part
Now, divide by 100 and get the answer:
Part = 15000 / 100 = 150
2) What is 50 out of 300?
This question is equivalent to: "50 is what percent of 300?" Or What percent 50 is out of 300?
Use again the same percentage formula:
% / 100 = Part / Whole replace the given values:
% / 100 = 50 / 300
Cross multiply:
% x 300 = 50 x 100
Divide by 300 to get the percentage:
% = (50 x 100) / 300 = 16.666666666667%
A shorter way to calculate x out of y
You can easily find 50 is out of 300, in one step, by simply dividing 50 by 300, then multiplying the result by 100. So,
50 is out of 300 = 50/300 x 100 = 16.666666666667%
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