What is 60 percent of 20? [60% of 20]

60 percent of 20 is equal to 12. A percent is used to express a ratio of a number out of 100. So 60 percent (60%) of 20 is obtained by multiplying 20 with 60/100.

Highlights:

• 60 percent is denoted by 60%.
• 60% is equal to 60/100 in fraction form.
• 60% of 20 = 20 × 60/100 = 12.

Let us learn how to find 60 percent of 20.

What is 60% of 20?

Answer: 60% of 20 is equal to 12.

Explanation:

60% of 20 can be calculated by multiplying 20 with 60%. So we obtain that

60% of 20 = 20 × 60%.

As 60% = 60/100, from above we have that

60% of 20 = 20 × 60% = $\dfrac{20}{1} \times \dfrac{60}{100}$ = $\dfrac{2{\color{blue}\cancel{0}}}{1} \times \dfrac{6{\color{red}\cancel{0}}}{1{\color{blue}\cancel{0}}{\color{red}\cancel{0}}}$ = $\dfrac{2 \times 6}{1}$ = 12.

So 60 percent of 20 is 12.

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Let us now find 60% of 20 using decimals.

Find 60 Percent of 20

To find 60 percent of 20, first we will express 60 percent as a decimal, and then multiply with 20. We have:

60% = 60/100

⇒ 60% = 0.6

So 60% of 20 = 0.6 × 20 = 12.

So 60 percent of 20 is 12. This is obtained by converting 60% to a decimal and then multiplying with 20.

Also Read: 20 percent of 10

60% of 20 Using a Calculator

If you want to calculate 60 percent of 20 using a calculator, then type the following in your calculator:

20 × 60%

This will show you the answer 12 which is the 60% of 20.

60% of Any Number

If we want to calculate 60% of any number X, then we need to just compute the following:

X × 60% = (60X)/100 = 3X/5.

This shows that 60% of any number X is equal to 3X/5, that is, we need to multiply three-fifth with the number.

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