What is 1 plus 42 percent?

What is 1 plus 42 percent (1 plus 42%)? Simply put, what do you get if you add 42 percent to 1? Here we will show you how to calculate 1 plus 42 percent using a two-step process.

Step 1) Calculate 42 percent of 1: To calculate 42 percent of 1, you multiply 42 by 1 and then divide the product you get by 100. Here is the math to illustrate:

42 x 1 = 42
42 / 100 = 0.42

Step 2) Add the 42 percent you calculated in Step 1 to 1. Here is the math to illustrate:

1 + 0.42 = 1.42

Therefore, the answer to "What is 1 plus 42 percent?" is:

1.42

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