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How to Find a Percentage of a Price on a Calculator

Discounts are the friends of any avid shopper but can appear a little intimidating when expressed in percentages. Percentage means a fraction of a hundred. When calculating the percentage of a price, the price is equated to 100 parts, and the percentage then relates to some portion of the hundred parts. A calculator can aid the calculation of percentages, as even the simplest calculators have a built-in percentage function. With a few keystrokes, you can determine discounts and taxes. Using your pocket calculator on a shopping trip will quickly convert those percentage savings into meaningful dollars.

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  Key in the price using a decimal point to separate the dollars and cents. For example, a price of 52 dollars and 6 cents is keyed in as 52.06.
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  Press the multiplication key on the calculator. This key is marked with an X. The term "of" in mathematics is synonymous with multiplication, so "percentage of a price" is interpreted as the product of the percentage and the price.
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  Key in the percentage value, and immediately follow this by pressing the "%" key. The result produced by the calculator will be the equivalent of the percentage of the price that you have entered. Enter the percentage value after entering the price to avoid any errors in the calculation. For example, if calculating a 15% discount on the price of $10, your keystrokes would be 10 X 15%, and the calculator will produce a result of 1.5.

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