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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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Easy way to do %
Say you want 6% of 45
Seems hard right?
1% of 45 is .45
.45 × 6 =
.4 × 6 = 2.4
.05 × 6 = .3
2.4 + .3 = 2.7
So 6% of 45 is 2.7
Extra:
Say you want an item that is 40 dollars and it is 20% off.
10% is 4 dollars.
20% is 8 dollars.
So item would be 32 dollars.
that's a shitload of lines of math to write out/work in your head. I learned percentages of x as: 6 * 45 / 100 = x (2.7) If you picture both as fractions, you multiply the opposite and then divide by the other number to get the missing one (x). Hopefully Lemmy renders this well...
The way I learned it was multiply diagonally and then divide by whatever is opposite diagonally to x.