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Free Online Percentage Calculator, Increase, Discount, Tax & Tip

Work out any percentage question in one place. Find a percentage of a number, the change between two numbers, a discount and what you save, tax added or removed, a tip, a margin, or a grade out of a total. Every answer shows the working underneath, so you can check it or copy the method.

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What is X% of Y?

The everyday one, a percentage of a number.

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How to Use the Percentage Calculator

Six steps, and nothing leaves your computer.

1
Pick the calculator

Seventeen of them, grouped into basics, change, money and tools. Only the one you choose is on screen.

2
Fill in the boxes

Each one asks for two or three numbers in plain language. Answers appear as you type, and there is nothing to submit.

3
Read the working

Every result comes with the formula filled in, so you can check it rather than trust it.

4
Copy it out

One button copies the result. Turn on auto-copy in Settings and it happens by itself.

5
Save what you repeat

Frequent sums, such as a standard commission or your usual tax rate, can be saved to Favorites and reloaded in one click.

6
Set it up your way

Decimal places, thousands separators, currency, theme and full screen are all in Settings, and are remembered on this device.

Which Calculator Do You Need?

Find your question on the left, and the tab that answers it is on the right.

If you are asking Use this tab You get
What is 20% of 500? Basic Percentage 100
45 out of 60 is what percentage? What Percentage 75%
The price went from 500 to 600 Percentage Increase 20% increase
Sales fell from 600 to 500 Percentage Decrease 16.67% decrease
How different are 80 and 100? Percentage Difference 22.22%
What is 15% off £80? Discount £68, saving £12
It cost 120 including 20% tax Tax 100 before tax
It is 120 after a 20% rise. What was it? Reverse Percentage 100
Bought at 60, sold at 100 Profit & Loss 66.67% profit, 40% margin
Split a £90 bill three ways with 10% tip Tip £33 each
My marks across six subjects Grade Percentage and grade
What is 0.375 as a percentage? Percentage Converter 37.5%, or 3/8

The reason there are 17 calculators rather than one is that these are genuinely different sums. "What is 20% of 500" and "500 became 600, by how much" both involve a percentage and two numbers, but they use different formulas and give different answers. A single input box has to guess which one you meant, and when it guesses wrong you have no way of knowing. Here each question gets its own panel, its own labels and its own visible working.

The Formulas, With Worked Examples

Worth knowing, so you can do these without a calculator next time.

Question Formula Example
What is P% of X? X × P ÷ 100 20% of 500 = 500 × 20 ÷ 100 = 100
X is what percent of Y? X ÷ Y × 100 100 of 500 = 100 ÷ 500 × 100 = 20%
Percentage increase (New − Old) ÷ Old × 100 500 to 600 = 100 ÷ 500 × 100 = 20%
Percentage decrease (Old − New) ÷ Old × 100 600 to 500 = 100 ÷ 600 × 100 = 16.67%
Percentage difference |A − B| ÷ ((A + B) ÷ 2) × 100 80 and 100 = 20 ÷ 90 × 100 = 22.22%
Add P% to X X × (1 + P ÷ 100) 500 + 20% = 500 × 1.2 = 600
Subtract P% from X X × (1 − P ÷ 100) 500 − 20% = 500 × 0.8 = 400
Original before a P% rise Final ÷ (1 + P ÷ 100) 120 after +20% = 120 ÷ 1.2 = 100
Original before a P% fall Final ÷ (1 − P ÷ 100) 80 after −20% = 80 ÷ 0.8 = 100
Profit percentage Profit ÷ Cost × 100 Cost 60, sell 100 → 40 ÷ 60 × 100 = 66.67%
Loss percentage Loss ÷ Cost × 100 Cost 100, sell 60 → 40 ÷ 100 × 100 = 40%
Percentage to fraction P ÷ 100, then simplify 25% = 25/100 = 1/4

Where Percentages Usually Go Wrong

The arithmetic is easy. Knowing which sum to do is not.

Percentages do not undo themselves. Add 20% to 100 and you get 120; take 20% off 120 and you get 96, not 100. To get back to the original you have to divide by 1.2, which is exactly what the reverse calculator does.
Profit percentage and margin are not the same thing. Profit percentage is measured against the cost; margin is measured against the selling price. Buy at 60 and sell at 100 and you have made 66.67% on cost but a 40% margin. Both are correct, because they answer different questions.
Removing tax is a division, not a subtraction. Taking 20% off a tax-inclusive 120 leaves 96; the real pre-tax figure is 120 ÷ 1.20 = 100. This is the single most common invoicing mistake, and it always leaves you short.
Percent and percentage points are different units. A rate moving from 5% to 6% has risen by one percentage point but by 20 percent. Both numbers are true, so it is worth saying which one you mean.
Difference is not change. Change has a direction and measures against the starting value; difference has no direction and measures against the average of the two. That is why change from 80 to 100 is 25% but the difference between them is 22.22%.

Key Features & Capabilities

A calculator that explains itself.

Seventeen calculators

Basic percentages, increase, decrease, change, difference, add, subtract, reverse, discount, tax, tip, profit and loss, commission, grade, converter and split, all in one place.

Answers as you type

No submit button and no page reloads. Results and the working update on each keystroke.

Shows the working

Every answer displays the formula with your own numbers in it, so you can verify the sum or learn it.

Copy in one click

Each result has a copy button, with an optional auto-copy for repetitive work.

Favorites and history

Recent calculations are kept automatically, and the ones you repeat can be saved with a name of your choosing.

Your currency

Nine currencies plus a custom option, applied only to the calculators where money is actually involved.

Grades your way

Any number of subjects and a choice of grading scales: South Asian boards, US letters, UK 9 to 1, 4.0 GPA, or percentage only.

Nothing leaves the page

No accounts, no uploads, no server. Every number stays in your browser, and Settings can wipe all of it.

About the Percentage Calculator

Percentages are the arithmetic most of us actually use. A discount in a shop window, a tax line on an invoice, a pay rise, an exam result, a commission split. They are all the same idea wearing different clothes. The sums are simple enough on paper, which is precisely why they get done in a hurry and get done wrong. This calculator does them properly and, just as importantly, shows the line of working so you can see what it did.

There are seventeen calculators here rather than one, because the questions are genuinely different. "What is 20% of 500" and "500 became 600, by what percentage" both involve a percentage and two numbers, but the formula is not the same one. Guessing which sum a single input box is doing is how people end up confidently wrong, so each question gets its own panel, its own labels and its own visible formula.

Some of these tools exist mainly to prevent a specific mistake. Reverse percentage exists because taking 20% off a total does not undo adding 20% to it. Tax removal exists because the right operation is a division, not a subtraction. Percentage difference exists because it is not the same thing as percentage change. In each case the tool gives the correct answer and explains, in a line, why the obvious method fails.

Everything runs in your browser. There is no account to make, no data to upload and no server that ever sees a number you type: settings, history and favorites are stored in your own local storage, and one button in Settings removes all of it. That keeps the calculator fast, private and usable with the connection off.

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions behind the questions.

Multiply the number by the percentage and divide by 100. For 20% of 500 that is 500 × 20 ÷ 100 = 100. The Basic Percentage tab does this and prints the line of working underneath, so you can see the arithmetic rather than take it on trust.

Take the difference, divide it by the original number, then multiply by 100. Going from 500 to 600 is 100 ÷ 500 × 100 = 20%. The word that matters there is original: dividing by the new number instead is the most common slip, and it makes every increase look smaller than it was.

Multiply the price by 0.85, or use the Discount tab, which also shows what you saved. A useful shortcut for shops: 10% is the price with the last digit removed, and 5% is half of that. So 15% off £80 is 8 plus 4, which is 12 off, leaving 68. That is quick enough to do while holding the item.

Because the second percentage comes off a bigger number. Add 20% to 100 and you have 120; take 20% of 120 away and you lose 24 rather than 20, leaving 96. Percentages do not undo themselves. To go back you divide, so 120 ÷ 1.20 = 100, which is what the Reverse Percentage tab is for.

Divide by 1 plus the rate. Do not subtract the rate. A total of 120 including 20% tax was 100 before tax, because 120 ÷ 1.20 = 100, and the tax portion is 20, not 24. Subtracting instead is the single most common invoicing error, and it always leaves you short.

Change has a direction and is measured against where you started, so 80 to 100 is a 25% increase. Difference has no direction and is measured against the average of the two, so 80 and 100 differ by 22.22%. Use change when something moved over time, and difference when you are comparing two separate things side by side.

They are different units, and mixing them up is how statistics get misreported. An interest rate going from 5% to 6% has risen by one percentage point, but by 20 percent. Both statements are true and they sound wildly different, which is exactly why it is worth saying which one you mean.

No, and the gap between them is bigger than people expect. Profit percentage is measured against the cost; margin is measured against the selling price. Buy at 60 and sell at 100 and you have made 66.67% on cost, but your margin is 40%. The Profit and Loss tab shows both, so a supplier quoting one and a buyer hearing the other cannot cause a problem.

Divide the marks you scored by the total available and multiply by 100, so 45 out of 60 is 75%. The Grade tab handles any number of subjects at once and can attach a letter or grade point, with a choice of scales, because grading differs from one board and country to the next.

Yes, once the page has loaded. There are no lookups and no server calls, so the arithmetic all happens on your own machine and the calculator carries on working if your connection drops.

Only in your own browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, and your history and favourites sit in local storage on this device. Settings has a Clear All Local Data button, and because no copy exists anywhere else, clearing it genuinely removes it.

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