What is 125.00 percent of 40?

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In the following example, consider that:

The following question is of the type "How much X percent of W", where W is the whole amount and X is the percentage figure or rate".

Let's say that you need to find 125.00 percent of 40. What are the steps?

Step 1: First determine the value of the whole amount. We assume that the whole amount is 40.

Step 2: Determine the percentage, which is 125.00.

Step 3: Convert the percentage 125.00% to its decimal form by dividing 125.00 by 100 to get the decimal number 1.25:

125.00100 = 1.25

Notice that dividing by 100 is the same as moving the decimal point two places to the left.

125.0 → 12.50 → 1.25

Step 4: Finally, find the portion by multiplying the decimal form found in the previous step by the whole amount:

1.25 x 40 = 50 (answer).

The steps above are expressed by the formula:

P = W × X%100

This formula says that:

"To find the portion or the part from the whole amount, multiply the whole by the percentage, then divide the result by 100".

The symbol % means the percentage expressed in a fraction or multiple of one hundred.

Replacing these values in the formula, we get:

P = 40 × 125.00100 = 40 × 1.25 = 50 (answer)

Therefore, the answer is 50 is that 125.00 percent of 40.