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How would you give 57p as a percentage of £1.20?

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Penelope Ryan


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To get the percentage of a number, first divide the amount by the total amount. For example, 0.57 (57p) divided by 1.20. Then multiply by 100 for the percentage.


0.57 / 1.20 = 0.475 x 100% = 47.5%


and if you check your answer 1.20 x 47.5% or 1.20 x 0.475 = 0.57 or 57p

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Ropa Mashingaidze

57p as a percentage of £1.20 is 47.5%


To work it out you would divide 57p by £1.20 (120p) and multiply the answer by 100.

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Jon Hicks

(57/120) x 100 = 47.5%

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Vicky Miller

First turn the money into a fraction - we want to find 57/120 which is 0.455.

We then multiply that by 100 to find the percentage - 0.455 x 100 = 45.5%

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You need to convert both amounts into either pounds or pence. I will choose pence and then divide 57p by 120p and multiply the answer by 100.

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William Floyd-Weaver

57/120 x100 = 47.5%

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Haleema Saffa

57/120 *100 = 47.5%

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Wranga Rehman

Hi! This would be 48%. Hope that helps :)


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Lanya Parr

Divide 57 by 120, then multiply by 100 to give the percentage

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Nahid Abdin

You would do 0.57/1.20 which will give you 0.475.


you’d then times that by 100 to give you 47.5%.

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Mohini Patel

Convert the £1.20 into pennies which = 120, 57/ 120= 0.475, 0.475 x 100= 47.5%

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Anusha Iyer

57/120= 0.475= 47.5

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Hi Penelope! Firstly, you can transform £1.20 into pence, which would be 120p. It is important that they are measured in the unit, i.e. both in pence or both in pounds. Then, you would simply divide 57 by 120 and multiply this by 100. This gives you = (57/120)*100 = 47.5%.

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Lawrence Fathers

57p / (£1.2 x 100) x 100 = 47.5%

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Emi Saji

You would work out 57p/120p to work out the decimal form and then multiply by 100 to get the %

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