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[-] starik@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Just always convert the percentage to a decimal, and it’s easy either way.

0.06x50 is as easy as 0.5x6. They’re both just 5x6.

All these comments like “What about 47% of 3.11?” Well, yeah, of course it’s harder to multiply two- and three-digit numbers than it is to multiply single-digit numbers.

[-] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Fuck. I had to calculate 4% of 7 a few minutes ago and didn’t know this. I say fuck because it wouldn’t have helped me anyway.

[-] incogtino@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

4% x 7

= 4% x 100 x 7 ÷ 100

= 4 x 7 ÷ 100

= 28 ÷ 100

= 0.28

[-] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

My brain was more like “Okay it’s just seven point-fours. So what’s seven fours? 28. What’s seven point-fours? 2.8. That can’t be right. Fuck. Get a calculator.

[-] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Thanks tanks!

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

True mathematics derives from established mathematical theory, not some farcical aquatic armored vehicle!

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Help help I'm being irrationalized!

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 16 hours ago

It was recently discovered that all AI everywhere was connected to the Panzer all along. /s

[-] JackTea@piefed.world 8 points 17 hours ago

Oh panzer of the lake, why am I still single?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Are you sure you can stand the answer?

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

transitive and commutative

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Subtraction and division is a lie! Only addition and multiplication are the truth!

[-] eigenraum@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 16 hours ago

and, of course, only natural numbers may be used, excluding zero

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

But of course! And don't forget, they must be in the Roman numeral format.

[-] ziproot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

What is (((M))) × (((M)))?

[-] negativenull@piefed.world 160 points 1 day ago

Strange Panzers lying in ponds distributing shells is no basis for a system of government…

[-] Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

Surely you don't think supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses?

[-] rockSlayer 29 points 1 day ago

As opposed to what, a farcical aquatic ceremony?

[-] Neverbeaten@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[-] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

No one expects the python imposition!

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 94 points 1 day ago

This is far too useful to be a shitpost.

[-] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Barely, only if you choose round and small numbers. 67% of 347 or 347% of 67 which one is easier?

[-] Doom@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I was taught: IS over OF, PERCENT over 100.

Is/of × %/100

Is = x
Of = 347
Percent = 67

X/347 × 67/100
Multiply 347×67=23, 249
Divide by 100

232.49 is 67% of 347.

[-] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

347 is pretty damn close to 350.

350% of 67 =3.5 x 67 ~ 180+21+33=234

[-] LostCarcosan@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

I mostly follow what you did here. Did you times 6 by 3, then 7 by 3 and then times both 6 and 7 by half, then sparate them to add together?

Forgive me, I took Algebra I 5 times in high school

[-] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, but half of 66 is easy. I didn't split it, but otherwise you're right on

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Within 1% is pretty good!

[-] SpankyDoodle@eviltoast.org 8 points 23 hours ago

In either case I would multiply 5 by 6 and move the decimal. Interesting though.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago

6 of 50 is 300. % just means 1/100. That's also a good way to think of it.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Another counter-intuitive percentage fact: A 10 percent discount and a 10 percent fee can be calculated in either order but they don't cancel out.

Example, 90% of (110% of 10) = 110% of (90% of 10). But neither of those is evaluates to 10. They evaluate to 9.9.

For any percentage X, and any base value C, (100 - X)% x ((100 + X)% x C) = (100 + X)% x ((100 - X)% x C) = (100 - (X^2/100))% x C

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

Everyone’s talking about this math. I’m wondering about the panzer.

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

They said the water could reach up to 50% of its 1.7 meter height before causing problems, panzer tried calculating 1.7% of 50 meters from head, this is the result.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was waiting in a car in front of a math tutoring building and was doing the math problems advertised on their window (as one does, of course) and the 7% of 250 is indeed probably easiest as 250% of 7, aka 2.5x7, which is 17.5.

I did it a few other ways, though. 7% of 1000 is 70, then divide by 4 for 17.5. Well, more like, divide by 2 for 35 and again for 17.5, but yeah... mental math is fun.

[-] BewareOfIdiot@nord.pub 1 points 3 hours ago

Wait, you think 0.07 * 250 is easier than 2.5 * 7?

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Huh, no, I was saying the opposite. But there are easy alternatives aside from 0.07 x 250, like (0.07 x 1000) / 4.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

6% of 50

6/100 * 50/1

(6 * 50) / (100 * 1)

(50 * 6) / (100 * 1)

50/100 * 6/1

50% of 6

Works for multiplying any fraction, not just percents.

2/3 of 5 is the same as 5/3 of 2.

2/5 of 7/8 is the same as 7/5 of 2/8.

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago
[-] xkbx@startrek.website 34 points 1 day ago

So 50% of 50 is the same as 50% of 50. Both equal 5

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Your math is revolutionary.

[-] blx@piefed.zip 25 points 1 day ago

Both equal 5

More like 5 of these

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[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago

Multiplication is commutative.

50% of 6 == 50/100 x 6 == (50 x 6)/100 == 50 x 6/100 == 6% of 50.

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[-] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

How is 17% of 83.27 easier then 83.27% of 17?

[-] MrEff@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Oddly, yes.

Percentages also add together in partials. As in 10%+5%+2% = 17%

So, you start with the 10% by moving the decimal over 83.27 becomes 8.327

Then add half of that (5%) to its self and get 12.49 (rounded)

Then take the 10% number and move the decimal over once more (1%) for 0.833 and double it (from 1% to 2%) and get 1.666 and add that to your running total to get your answer of 14.16 (rounding)

And when I calculator check this I got 14.1559.

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Great for calculating tips!

Let's see: the bill was $138.72, so I just need 138.72% of 20. And we can subtract 100% and just add the 20 back at the end, then convert the percentage to a decimal so (.3872 * 20) + 20 = 7.744 + 20 or $27.74.

Easy!

[-] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Or just take 10% of 138.72 and double the result... 13.87 x 2 = 27.74

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