How to write 42 as a percentage? How to convert 42 decimal to percent? What is the decimal number 42 as a percentage? These are all different questions asking the same thing.
Here we will not only give you the answer to 42 as a percentage, but also explain what it means to convert the decimal number 42 to percent and show you how to do it.
Look at the decimal number 42 as 42 out of one. Furthermore, percent means per hundred. So the task is to convert 42 out of one to 42 out of one hundred.
The equation to solve the problem is displayed below where x is the 42 as a percentage.
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We solve the equation for x above by first multiplying each side by one and then multiplying each side by one hundred. Thus, the answer to 42 as a percentage is:
4200%
On this page we showed you how to calculate 42 as a percentage using a formula to illustrate clearly what it actually means to convert 42 to a percentage.
Now that you know the underlying process and explanation behind it, note that the shortcut to converting 42 to percent is simply to multiply 42 by one hundred to get the answer. (42 x 100 = 4200%)
Another shortcut that is also easy to remember to get a decimal number like 42 as a percentage, is to move the decimal point two places to the right and add the percent (%) sign.
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