How to work out percentages

[purpleme12]

How do you work out percentages?

Eg 41 per cent of 900?

900 ÷100=9
9 x 41= 369

But what other method is there?

Calculator?

Ha ha

Ask google.

Percentage as a decimal and times.
Same thing. Just more efficient.
So 0.41x900

Google BBC bite size

0.41 x 900

Or

(41 x 900)/100

10% = 90
1% = 9

(90x4)+9 =369

Easy to do mentally this way.

0.41*900

900 x 0.41

To work it out in my head I would do

10% of 900 = 90 x 4 = 360
1% of 900 = 9
41% = 360 + 9 = 369

On a calculator I would just do 900 x 0.41 = 369

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I am literally THE worst at maths and understanding how it works.

I'd have to work out what 10% is first, then times that by 4, then work out 1% and add it on 🤣

For some reason I get confused with the sums given in the examples here!

X .41

1% means 1 hundredth of something.
So if you divide a number by 100, you will get 1% of it.

Once you have 1%, you can then work out any percentage by multiplying by that number.

Thanks everyone

My child was doing some homework.

I looked on the BBC bitesize after pp suggested that (I found the method of working out 10% and 1% etc which some suggested on here) I think possibly that's the one she's been taught at school? I'm guessing because the other methods mentioned on here she didn't seem to know about.

I told her about the other method too but so far she's said the first method on my OP might be the best.

I'm not very good at maths! 😭

I work out what 1% is and then multiply that.

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