Business Flashcards
1
Q
How to find value of a percentage
A
Move percentage decimal over twice and Multiply by base number
example: 1.5%. of $728
will be 0.015x 728
2
Q
How to find base number if you know percentage number and what percentage of base number it is
A
example: 6 is 28% of what number?
divide percentage number by percentage
So 6/.28 = 21.42
6/21.42Xl00 = 28
3
Q
How do you find one number’s percentage of another’s
A
percentage number divided by base number X100
so 6 of 17 is 6/17x100 = 35
6 is 35% of 17
4
Q
find COGS BI 7000 S 4000 EI 6000 P 9000
A
(7000 +9000-6000) / 4000
(BI+ P- EI) / S