Percent increase and decrease, step by step
Finding 25% of 80 is one step.
The question
50% more than 58
1%of58=0.58
0.58×50=29
58+29=87
- Find one percent first — that is one hundredth of 58, which is 0.58.
- 50% is 50 of those, so multiply: 0.58 × 50 = 29.
- "More than" means the 29 goes ON TOP of the 58, not instead of it: 58 + 29 = 87.
How it works.
- 01
Find one percent first — that is one hundredth of 58, which is 0.58.
- 02
50% is 50 of those, so multiply: 0.58 × 50 = 29.
- 03
"More than" means the 29 goes ON TOP of the 58, not instead of it: 58 + 29 = 87.