The Missing (Unknown) Percentage Calculation
What missing percentage of the number 5,000
is equal to the number 2,600?
Note: Multiply a number by the fraction 100/100
... and its value doesn't change, only the form:
100/100 = 100 ÷ 100 = 100% = 1
Let p be the missing percent value that we have to calculate.
p% = p/100 = p ÷ 100.
p% of 5,000 = 2,600 ⇔
p% × 5,000 = 2,600 ⇒
p% =
2,600 ÷ 5,000 =
2,600 ÷ 5,000 × 100/100 =
(2,600 ÷ 5,000 × 100)/100 =
(2,600 × 100 ÷ 5,000)/100 =
(260,000 ÷ 5,000)/100 =
52/100 =
What missing percentage p% calculated of 5,000 = 2,600?
52% of 5,000 = 2,600
The symbols used: % percent, ÷ division, × multiplication, = the equal sign, / the fraction bar, ≈ approximately the same. Writing numbers: comma ',' - as a thousands separator, point '.' as a decimal mark.