How do i find the percentage of two numbers

Calculate Percentage between Two Numbers #

To calculate the percentage between two numbers, divide one number by the other and multiply the result by 100, e.g. (30 / 75) * 100. This shows what percent the first number is of the second, in the example - 30 is 40% of 75.

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function isWhatPercentOf(numA, numB) {
  return (numA / numB) * 100;
}

// 👇️ `30` is 40% of `75`
console.log(isWhatPercentOf(30, 75)); // 👉️ 40

// 👇️ `20` is 26.666% of `75`
console.log(isWhatPercentOf(20, 75)); // 👉️ 26.666666...

// ✅ Round to 2 decimals
console.log(isWhatPercentOf(20, 75).toFixed(2)); // 👉️ "26.67"

// ✅ Get percentage Increase / Decrease
function getPercentageIncrease(numA, numB) {
  return ((numA - numB) / numB) * 100;
}

// 👇️ `50` is 66.66% increase from `30`
console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 30)); // 👉️ 66.666

// 👇️ `50` is 50% decrease from `100`
console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 100)); // 👉️ -50

The first function we declared takes 2 numbers are returns what percent numberA is of numberB.

For example, 25 / 50 * 100 shows that 25 is 50% of 50.

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// 👇️ `25` is 50% of `50`
console.log((25 / 50) * 100);

When calculating percentages between two numbers, you might need to round to a specific number of digits after the decimal.

You can use the Number.toFixed method to achieve this.

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const percentage = (20 / 75) * 100;
console.log(percentage); // 👇️ 26.666666666...

// 👇️ 2 decimals
const fixed = percentage.toFixed(2);
console.log(fixed); // 👉️ "26.67"

The toFixed method formats the number to the provided number of digits after the decimal and rounds the number if necessary.

Note that the toFixed method returns a string, not a number.

If the number doesn't have any decimal places, it gets padded with zeros.

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const percentage = (50 / 100) * 100;
console.log(percentage); // 👇️ 50

// 👇️ 2 decimals
const fixed = percentage.toFixed(2);
console.log(fixed); // 👉️ "50.00"

Our second function shows how to get the percentage increase or decrease between two numbers.

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function getPercentageIncrease(numA, numB) {
return ((numA - numB) / numB) * 100;
}
// 👇️ `50` is 66.66% increase from `30`
console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 30)); // 👉️ 66.666
// 👇️ `50` is 50% decrease from `100`
console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 100)); // 👉️ -50

The first example shows that the percentage increase from 30 to 50 is 66.6666...%.

And the second example shows that the percentage increase from 100 to 50 is -50%.

Further Reading #

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