Calculating percentages EASILY (without using a calculator!)

In this video we look at finding percentages of an amount without using a calculator. By the end you'll be able to answer questions like 'find 37% of 128 without using a calculator'.

The first part of the video looks at percentages that are easy to find so, for example, to find:

1. 10% of something you divide it by 10.
2. 50% you divide by 2.
3. 25% you halve then halve again (same as dividing) by 4.
4. 5% you find 10% then halve it.
5. 1% you divide by 100

The second part of the video combines some of the above to find harder percentages.

So to find 15% of something you find 10% and then 5% and then add your two answers together.

To find 16% of something you could find 10% then 5% then 1% and then add those three answers together.

That's it! Have a go at some of the practice questions and keep working hard!

[fionawillmott]

Glad we don't need to use the skittles method anymore. I'd always eat 100% of them.

[thatrandomanimatorstudios]

Oh my god you don’t know how much I struggle in school with these thanks for making this so much easier

[QuratulainBhatti-uk]

on question 2 at the end um the question was 36% of 42 but you worked out 36% of 420
other than that great video

[home]

I have been trying to grasp percentage for a couple days now, this method just made everything click. thank you.

[taliaclarke]

great video!!! i was getting stuck using the b over a x 100 = % method without using a calculator this makes it a lot simpler to do on my own

[evilmochi]

I'm redoing my GCSE maths and always struggled with percentages so thank you

[herbertmugauri]

Get this my teacher have been tryna teach me this but I never understood now I do thanks .it's 5am and I'm writing this at 8am ❤❤thank

[JackMoore]

11:41 the question asked for 36% of 42 not 420. got confused for a second there

[jamesjones]

Wow thank you explained so well I can watch this repeatedly

[rachelwoods]

Thankyou this I always struggle with percentages and how teachers think it will click in our heads the first go as soon as they have explained it but this helped so much! Thankyou!

[sheashelton]

Great job. Always good to refresh the brain... Sidenote, at the end of your video you gave three examples, question #2 was 36% of 42 But you worked it out as 36% of 420. That had me scratching my head for a minute, and rethinking my ability to do math lol.

[claraegbonwon]

Brilliant breakdown of percentages, simplified.

[richardchiemerie]

My goodness Me, you are very focused and meticulous person.

[pakistanzindabad]

I'm from Pakistan thanks for solving my problem of percentage

[stumbling]

18% is much easier as 20% - 2% (repeated significant digits is a hint at less work)
18% of 300 is
20% = 10% x 2 = 60
2% = 10% x 60 = 6
18% = 60 - 6 = 54.

[ProGaming-wqlf]

Thank you very much. It did really allow me to get faster at my tests 🙏🙏🙏

[AI_Characters]

Examiner watching me playing with skittles during my non calculator exam 😮

[MUNTASIRGAMING]

Thank you very much for uploading this video.this video is so helpful

[buntundlovu]

found an easier method of calculating 38% of 127: find 10% of 127, times the 12.7 by 3, find 1% of 127, times the 1.27 by 8, giving you 38.1 and 10.16 to add together and find your answer

[tahirmiah-je]

Thanks for the helpful vid keep on doing the good work❤🎉😢😂😮😊