The Easiest Way to Calculate Percentages
Whether you're trying to figure out a tip at a restaurant, checking your math homework, or trying to understand statistics in a news article, calculating percentages manually can be tricky. Our tool does the math instantly.
Common Uses for this Calculator
This basic percentage tool is highly versatile. You can use it to find test scores (e.g., what is 85% of 150 questions?), calculate taxes, determine nutrition facts (e.g., 5% of your daily value), and much more.
Frequently Asked Questions
To find the percentage of a number, multiply the number by the percentage fraction. For example, to find 20% of 500, multiply 500 by 0.20 to get 100.
Percent literally means 'per hundred'. So 20 percent means 20 out of every 100.
Absolutely. If your bill is $45 and you want to leave a 20% tip, simply enter '20' and '45' into the calculator to see that your tip should be $9.