Percents Mental Math

Learn how to find the percentage of a number using mental math in this math video tutorial by Mario's Math Tutoring. We discuss techniques for taking 1%, 10%, 25%, 33%, 50%, 66% of a number as well as multiples of these. We go through numerous examples as well as discuss the fractional equivalents of these percentages. We also discuss what exactly a percentage is and what it represents with some humorous analogies.

0:20 What is a Percentage
0:30 How to Take 1% of a Number
1:13 How to Take 10% of a Number
1:51 How to Take 33% of a Number
2:18 How to Take 25% of a Number
2:53 How to Take 50% of a Number
3:03 16 Examples for Practice

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[treehousegang]

I wish you were my math teacher for my entire adolescence! I never realized how easy math can be once it is all laid out.

[someonedumb]

This is such a good video explaining mental percentage and its easy to understand. Kudos

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[BalorClubFandom]

Studying for the Asvab, and this helps my score immensely. I used to struggle in school with percentages, cross equations, and long division. Thank you for breaking it down using mental math, as thats what got me in trouble; not being able to put pen to paper and write it out. Mental math ftw :)

[SamHasPlans]

Very cool, I have a much better understanding on percentages now! Thank you! :D

[yolanda]

This helped me a lot on solving percentages mentally

[nevillesouth]

Please do some multistep equations also word problems thank you

[r_qa]

Thank you so much this was very helpful I have and upcoming exam and it’s non calculator test so this video was very quick and easy to understand

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[unconditionallydamisi]

This is the best one I’ve seen. Thank you!

[maggielauer]

Step O is the only one I struggle with. I lose track of the multiple numbers when adding mentally. Any tips on that?

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Second! Also thanks for the great video

[sayedmahmood]

Simple and straight to the point, well explained. Thanks a lot 🙏👊

[VENUEATHENS]

Do you usually skip explaining why you chose to do something? Problem N) Why 25

[remas]

What about 60 from 8 not the percentage