Percentage Calculator

How to Calculate the Percent of a Number

If you need to calculate what percent a number is out of another then you are in the right place for that. This free tool does exactly that. We calculate everything and do all the heavy lifting so you do not have to. If you were to calculate the percent one number is of another you would use a formula that looked something like this:

• P = Percent answer


• N1 = The first number


• N2 = The second number

Understanding Your Results

Your result from using this tool will be a single percentage. That percentage is what the first number is out of the second one. The first number entered to this tool can be larger than the second number and in these cases the percentage answer will be greater than 100%.

How to Use the Percent Tool

Our percent tool is made to be your favorite tool for finding what percent one number is out of another. We made it easy to use and understand. The steps involved with using it include:

1. Enter the first number in the first blank field.


2. Edit the second number in the second blank field.


3. Use the wording between the blank fields to guide you in placing the correct numbers in the correct places if you are having trouble.


4. Hit the calculate button and instantly get the percentage answer.

Calculation Example

We need to find a couple of different percentages. Specifically, we need to find what percent one number is compared to another. Our first problem is: 50 is what percent of 110. We can enter 50 into the first field then 110 into the second one on the right. We can now hit calculate and find that 50 is 45.45% of 110.

Our second problem is we need to find what percent 12,500 is of 2,675. We will enter 12,500 into the first field on the left, then we will enter 2,675 into the second field on the right. We can hit calculate and get an answer of 467.29%.