Trick to calculate percentages

追加: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Excuse me, sir.

[00:00:01]>> Yes, sir.

[00:00:01]>> If I could show you a trick to calculate percentages really fast, I'll give you 50 bucks.

[00:00:06]>> Okay.

[00:00:06]>> Okay. Here's here's the thing about percentages. If you try to figure out what's 4% of 75, it's kind of difficult to figure out, right? The thing about percentages, if you flip them, it's always the same answer. We might not know 4% of 75, but let's flip it. What's 75% of four?

[00:00:21]>> Three.

[00:00:22]>> Boo. There you go. You're You're a sharp guy. I've been looking for you all day long.

[00:00:26]>> I don't think I'm that sharp.

[00:00:27]>> Okay, so let's do a couple more. 8% of 50. That might be difficult to figure out, but if we flip it, 50% of eight, what do we get?

[00:00:34]>> Four.

[00:00:34]>> Four. There you go. Same concept. 12% of 25. I don't know. Let's flip it.

[00:00:41]>> You're going to get three.

[00:00:42]>> There you go. Three. All right, man.

[00:00:44]You're good. All right. So, 18% of 50 might be difficult. We flip it.

[00:00:50]>> Maybe nine.

[00:00:50]>> Nine. There you go. Look at this. How about do 16% of 50?

[00:00:56]>> 16% of 50. It's going to be eight.

[00:00:57]Eight. There you go. It's eight. H cuz you There you go. You flipped it just a couple more here. Let's do 48% of 25.

[00:01:09]>> 48% 25.

[00:01:11]>> So you flip it.

[00:01:12]>> So you flip it. You're going to be >> 12.

[00:01:15]>> 12. There you go. All right. Last 20.

[00:01:18]You got 50 bucks. You're moving through these pretty quick. 24% of 75.

[00:01:24]>> 24% of 75. 50.

[00:01:29]So now we go 75% of 24 18. There you go.

[00:01:33]ALL RIGHT. BOOYA, BABY. ALL RIGHT. You got 50 bucks there. No, no, that was perfect. That was perfect. That was confusing for me.

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[00:01:45]Thank you so much, sir.