Question: I’m trying to calculate what percentage is 24 out of 30. How do I do that?

MathBlog: A percent tells us how many parts out of 100 something is. To write a percent as a fraction, just remove the percent symbol and write the number over 100 as the denominator. Below we explain what is 24 out of 30 in percentage, and how you calculate it.

What is 24/30 in percentage?

Answer: 24 is 80% out of 30.

We have two methods to figure out what is 24/30 in percent, with steps for easy understanding.

What is 24 out of 30 in percentage (MathBlog calculator tool)

Method 1: Long division with remainder

Calculate \( 24:30 \)

  1. 30 enters into 24, 0 times, remainder 24
    Result (ongoing) = 0.
    Multiply the remainder by 10 to get 240. Now calculate 240 : 30
  2. 30 enters into 240, 8 times, remainder 0
    Remainder = 0, means you're done.
    Result (final) = 0.8

Now you multiply the reults by 100 \( (0.8 \times 100 = 80 ) \) and you get 80%.

Solution: 24 out of 30 equals 80%.

Method 2: Using fractions

Calculate \( P(\text{%}) = \frac{ 24 }{ 30 } \times 100 \)

  1. We need to get the fraction to be of the type \( \frac{ P }{ 100 } \times 100 \)

  2. In our case we need \( \frac { 24 \times x }{ 30 \times x } \times 100 \)

    That means \( 30 \times x = 100 \)

    \( x = \frac{100}{ 30 } = 3.3333333333333 \)

  3. Our fraction is now \( \frac { 24 \times 3.3333333333333 }{ 30 \times 3.3333333333333 } \times 100 \)

  4. We know that the denominator \( 30 \times 3.3333333333333 = 100 \) so we construct the fraction again.

    \( P = \frac { 24 \times 3.3333333333333 }{100} \times 100 \)
    \(= 24 \times 3.3333333333333 \)

  5. Since \( 24 \times 3.3333333333333 = 80 \), we have our result
    \( P = 80 \).

Solution: 24 out of 30 equals 80%.

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