What is Percent?
Percent is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, “%”. For example, 10 percent can be written as 10%, which means 10 out of every 100 parts or 10/100. Percent is used to express how large or small one quantity is relative to another quantity.
Calculating Percent
To find the percent of a number, you first convert the percent to a decimal by dividing it by 100. Then, you multiply the decimal by the number for which you want to find the percent. For example, if you wanted to find 75% of 250, first divide 75 by 100 to get 0.75 and then multiply 0.75 by 250 to get 187.5, which is 75% of 250.
What is 60 Percent of 250?
To calculate 60% of 250, first convert 60% into decimal form by dividing it by 100; this gives 0.6. Then, multiply 0.6 by 250; this gives 150, which is 60 percent of 250.