The Missing (Unknown) Percentage Calculation
What missing percentage of the number 20,000
is equal to the number 874?
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 20,000 = 874 ⇔
p% × 20,000 = 874 ⇒
p% =
874 ÷ 20,000 =
874 ÷ 20,000 × 100/100 =
(874 ÷ 20,000 × 100)/100 =
(874 × 100 ÷ 20,000)/100 =
(87,400 ÷ 20,000)/100 =
4.37/100 =
What missing percentage p% calculated of 20,000 = 874?
4.37% of 20,000 = 874
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.