Subtraction certainly isn’t as 10 minus one is not the same as one minus ten. Finding 50% is very easy isn’t it? You will get the same answer.įinding a percentage of a quantity is an example of a commutative calculation. Commuteĭid you know that if you are struggling to mentally work out 24% of 50 you can switch the numbers round and work out 50% of 24 instead. If you need to use a calculator to check your working. To find 52% of a quantity add 50% to 2% of it.To find 2% of a quantity double 1% of it.To find 80% of a quantity subtract 20% from it.
To find 90% of a quantity subtract 10% from it.To find 66⅔% of a quantity double 33⅓% of it.To find 5% of a quantity halve 10% of it.To find 20% of a quantity double 10% of it.To find 75% of a quantity add together 50% and 25% of it.Other percentages can be found by combining some of the techniques mentioned above. To find 1% of a quantity you need to divide it by 100. Find 1%:Īs 1 is one hundredth of 100, then 1% means 'one hundredth of'. To find 33⅓% of a quantity you need to divide it by three. Find 33⅓%:Īs 33⅓ is one third of 100, then 33⅓% means 'one third of'. So 25% of 20 is 5.Īnother way of finding 25% of a quantity is first finding 50% then dividing the result by 2. To find 25% of a quantity you need to divide it by four. Find 25%:Īs 25 is one quarter of 100, then 25% means 'one quarter of'. To find 10% of a quantity you need to divide it by ten. Find 10%:Īs 10 is one tenth of 100, then 10% means 'one tenth of'. To find 50% of a quantity you need to halve (or divide by two). When planning to use technology in your lesson always have a plan B!Īs 50 is half of 100, then 50% means half.
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