8 is what percent of 50% A SIMPLE Percent question that MANY will get WRONG!

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@richardhole8429 4 ай бұрын

It is so cool to see people using different approaches to arrive at the correct answer. We do not need to seek the cleverest or quickest solution. The more experienced you are in math the more you see the shortcuts. But shortcuts work because the numbers are convenient. Use them if you can, but do know the way to solve the long way. In real life math that is usually how you must do it.

@SuperBartet 10 ай бұрын

I'm 67 years old, within 2 seconds of seeing this I doubled it up to 16 and 100, so the answer is 16 % . I was in a shop sometime ago and the assistant (I would say about 25yo)serving me had to use a calculator to work out 10% of £99.95

@panlomito 10 ай бұрын

10% of 50 is 5 (too low)... 20% of 50 is 10 (too high) so the answer is between 10 and 20%... The difference between 5 and 8 (= 3) is bigger than 8 and 10 (= 2) so the answer must be higher than 15 and lower than 20%... Can you guess the right answer already? This is a downside of multiple choice questions: you can estimate the answer. Of course you can calculate the correct answer as well... x% . 50 = 8 so x% = 8/50 = 16/100 = 16% Or like this: x/100 . 50 = 8 so x/2 = 8 and x = 16%

@roberthuron9160 10 ай бұрын

In that equation,you could do it,by multipling by 1/2,install of 50! X= 8× (1/2)= : Equivalent! Correction on above,should have been,"instead" of! The equation would work ultimate as 2× 8= 16!! Another work around,minus calculator! Pencil and Paper- Regent exams from 6th grade! Thank you,for the refresher course! Thank you 😇 😊!

@martinfield2358 10 ай бұрын

Per cent means per 100. Therefore double both to get to 100 = 16

@thenetsurferboy 10 ай бұрын

No. See my reply

@holydiver73 10 ай бұрын

That’s how I did it.

@rickhole Ай бұрын

Your math-mind is working well, indeed. Seeing that 16 is what percent of 100 to be the same problem as the one stated is a giant step in doing mental math. Keep up the good work!

@richb1576 10 ай бұрын

I just did it like this. Yes I know my math skills suck 50% of 50 is 25. 50% of 25 is 12 1/2 That puts us at 25% 50% of 12 1/2 is 6 1/4 Thats 12 1/2 percent Since 8 is higher than 6 1/4 And the next highest choice after 12 is 16. Thats the correct number. 🤗

@jjx9625 10 ай бұрын

A long time ago they taught us a formula. R=p/b where rate is the percent described in the problem ,base is the larger number and p is the smaller number . P=br and B=p/r divide 8 by 50. 8/50=16%.

@charlesmitchell5841 10 ай бұрын

B) 16%

@jenniemerkley2963 10 ай бұрын

In the case of a multiple choice, an estimate can be used. Since 5 would be 10% of 50 and we know that 8>5. Check the options for an answer that is > 10%.

@HR-wd6cw 5 ай бұрын

Even if you were bad at percentages, you could still use the process of elimination which you sort of showed here (with the 4% example) and We can use our basic knowledge of tens I guess( 10% and 20%) for example. We can figure in our head that 10% of 50 is 5, but that's smaller than 8, so it's more than 10%. But 20% of 50 is 10, which is greater than 8, so the answer lies between 10% and 20%. You could also go further (or skip and try answer C) since 32% is roughly 1/3. If you were to divide 50 by 3 you would get 16.67 technically, but quick math would lead you to roughly 15 which would at least tell you the percentage is still too high (as even 15 is greater than 8), so it can't be 32%. And lastly 44% is close enough to 50% that you can conclude again that roughly 50% of 50 is 25, still too large. So if you really didn't know how to do the percentages you could use this method to narrow it down but it would take longer. But by estimating what the percentages equal you can narrow down the answer (in this problem at least) pretty quickly and that's what is being showed, but in a more detailed manner I guess. But if you know how to quickly calculate values based on 10% increments it can make this go faster (10% of 50, drop the 0 so 5, 20% is double 10% so multiply 5 by 2 and get 10, too large).

@todallard8791 10 ай бұрын

simply use 100's so you turn 50 into 100 (50x2=100) so 8x2=16 so much faster and use the other math if the numbers don't give you easy multiple or dividable numbers.

@btpcmsag Ай бұрын

7:00 check "The definition of percent is when we compare a number to 100." At 10:35 John says "...compare a number BY 100." So is it TO or is it BY?? It seems to me that this is a poor definition. I would prefer to say percent means we have multiplied a number by 100. Comparing a number to another is not an operation. It is vague. It could mean finding the difference (subtraction), or counting the digits (100 has 3 digits), or how many zeros (100 has 2 zeros).

@Ayelmar 10 ай бұрын

At the title card, I believe the answer is b) 16%. Let's start by writing the problem as 50 * p = 8, with p being the percentage. Divide both sides by the 50: p = 0.16, or 16%.

@jpercy4811 10 ай бұрын

The ‘trick’ is built into question (8) is what percent of 50%. = 8 is 8% of 100 therefore 8 is 16% of 50%

@Partysize2 10 ай бұрын

It is a fraction 8 over 50. Just divide 8 by 50 and move the decimal left 2 places to get 16%. Just by inspection you know it is just under 20%.

@RogerRamjet156 10 ай бұрын

An old teacher explained the magic of the "Is/Of" Box - the same as in your last example. Would've saved me headaches if we had the internet back in '72! Thanks for the trip down memory lane 😀

@warblerab2955 10 ай бұрын

technically, the question in the title of the video is different than the question in the video. The question in the title asks what percent is 8 of 50%, the question in the video asks what percent is 8 of 50.

@terry_willis 10 ай бұрын

No smiley face for John.

@darkst0rm2 10 ай бұрын

Agree, the title could have been worded better, but I think we all knew the intent

@warblerab2955 10 ай бұрын

@@darkst0rm2 You are probably right.

@ab_ab_c 10 ай бұрын

re: "The question in the title asks what percent is 8 of 50%" Wrong. The title clearly shows "8 is what percent of 50%" (meaning 8 = ?% of 50 >>> 8 = %50 >>> 8/50 = % >>>.16*100 = 16%

@warblerab2955 10 ай бұрын

@@ab_ab_c "re: "The question in the title asks what percent is 8 of 50%" Wrong" um here is an exact quote of the video title: "8 is what percent of 50% A SIMPLE Percent question that MANY will get WRONG!" it is asking what percent is 8 of 50%. or in other words 8 is what percent of 50%. Also 16% would be correct if asked 8 is what percent of 50, but it asked 8 is what percent of 50%. (that would be 8/.50 which = 1600%.

@readresp8994 10 ай бұрын

It just seems so simple to think that X/100 =8/50. . . X=800/50. . .. 800/50 =16. X=16. (Instead of calculating out all those options).

@ab_ab_c 10 ай бұрын

part/whole*100 = percentage 8/50*100=16%

@jennymurray2873 10 ай бұрын

Double 50 then double 8 =16

@johntaylor4817 10 ай бұрын

I wouldnt' have thought of that. thanks

@MissLibertarian 10 ай бұрын

I had 5x10=50 and that 10 was 20% memorized in large part due to $ currency practice. 8 was close to 10, so I figured the 8 was a smaller number and therefore a slightly smaller percentage, and 16 was the closest answer choice. INTJ brain. Now, my Dad used to find errors in math texts and tests all the time (possibly using a similar technique to see that something was wrong), and he would go talk to the teachers, so you can’t always trust that method of test taking. For this one, it worked to just kind of see the answer, but clearly it could have been made more challenging.

@tomtke7351 10 ай бұрын

2:01 this is a confusing question meaning the confusion is the purpose of the question 8 is what % of 50 after solving the number N will fulfill: 8 = N × 50 8/50 = N 16/100 = N 0.16 = N but % = 100 so N = 16% VERIFY REPEAT 50×16% =?8 2×[50×16%=?8] 100×16% =? 16 16 = ❤ 16✔️ SORRY.... I am not thinking properly to ACCURATELY notate my steps. refresh... what is "%" as a good definition a % is a part of 100. 1% is 1 part of 100. 10% is 10 parts of 100. Probably a good way to think about % is pennies to the dollar. Typically (¿always?) sales tax is given in %. 3% sales tax is 3 pennies to the dollar. This problem is 8 is what percent of 50 or 8 pennies is what percent of 50 pemnies. Gotta normalize to 16 pennies to 100 pennies which is 16% of $1.

@kudiratmuyibi-ys9zl 10 ай бұрын

A ns: 16

@lenoraberendt750 10 ай бұрын

You make math so much fun! 👍

@earnesta.brooks7123 10 ай бұрын

16%

@aussietaipan8700 10 ай бұрын

I instantly knew that 10% of 50 is 5 and 20% of 50 is 10 and with 8 being between 5 and 10, the % answer must be 16 and this was easy to test as per all the methods to actually calculate it.

@debrataylor8759 10 ай бұрын

I’m rubbish at maths. Had a dreadful maths teacher at school who struck the fear of god into me. Hence I grew up dreading maths. However, I’m strangely fascinated by it too and love watching your lessons 🙏

@btpcmsag Ай бұрын

Percent means "PER 100". ("cent" is from the Latin, as C is the Roman numeral meaning 100) I don't hear that sentence in this video. Literally, a number expressed as a percent has been multiplied by 100, and to eliminate the % sign, you must DIVIDE ➗ BY 100. "Per" always means "divided by." MPH is short for "Miles Per Hour," or miles ÷ hours, M ➗ H. Many years ago, it was commonly said that percent means "times 100," but that doesn't really fit in the language of mathematical precision, so it's a good thing to forget about it.

@drahcirnevarc9152 10 ай бұрын

8 = 8% of 100 50 = 100/2 8x2 = 16 Ergo 8 = 16% of 50. This took me about 5 seconds, mainly because I'm 60 and therefore had a proper education.

@bambam0099 10 ай бұрын

Since 50 is a multiple of 100, simply multiply by 2 so it becomes, 16 is what % of 100?

@NevervousOtoole 10 ай бұрын

Easy× 8 by 3.142 ,divide by the square root of pi then multiple by your age.

@cecilthrift2747 10 ай бұрын

I knew the answer on site, don't know how I do that. I hated math until I went to a Technical college years later. I had an instructor who taught me a whole different approach to math.

@thinkaboutit..ministries 10 ай бұрын

50/100 = 0.5 is 1% ...1 is 2% 2 is 4 % 4 is 8 % therefore 8 is 16 %

@beentheredonethatunfortunately 9 ай бұрын

Seems there's loads of comments making it really complicated. As others have mentioned just double it. I honestly thought I must have missed something it seemed so simple and spent far longer checking my logic made sense and I hadn't made some stupid mistake than it took to think about the problem to get the percentage and hence answer.

@mauriziograndi1750 3 ай бұрын

“We have to find first 1% of 50, which is 50/100=0.50” “Now all we have to do is to see how many times that 0.50 goes into 8” “8/0.50 gives 16 that is 16%”

@axemanslim 10 ай бұрын

@Stardust148 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@ronbass8136 10 ай бұрын

Simple. Multiply each by 2. 16%

@mauriziograndi1750 10 ай бұрын

As 5 is the 10% of 50, then 8 can only be a percentage between 10 and 20. Sixteen is the only option on the table.

@4America2024 10 ай бұрын

If a bank gives 5.04% interest on deposit, is it lower or greater than .9%? Isnt 5.04% written as .00504 and .9% written as .009%? Please help, someone…Thank you…

@richardl6751 10 ай бұрын

It's 0.0504. You added a zero.

@brianschuetz2614 10 ай бұрын

@@richardl6751 What he said. When you moved the decimal point on the 0.9%, you move it two places. When you moved the decimal point on the 5.04%, you moved it three places. From 5.04 to 0.504 is one place. From 0.504 to 0.0504 is one place.

@quakers200 9 ай бұрын

These questions have always troubled me . Instead of 50% substitute 1% so the answer is 800%. Or eight percent of eight percent is 100%. Though correct it seems like the person must have stated the question poory.

@stevenleach9522 5 ай бұрын

(8x100)=800, (800÷50)=16, ans.= 16%

@tijolinixpertin 10 ай бұрын

My thought process was like: "8 is 8% of 100, and 50 is half of 100, hence 8 in 50 has to be double the % of 8 in 100"

@thinkaboutit..ministries 10 ай бұрын

I like how you think

@larrydickenson8922 10 ай бұрын

One easy way of doing it, especially if your base number is 20, 25, 50, or 200. Piece of cake if your base is 100. Otherwise, just divide and change the decimal to percent by multiplying by 100.

@glengreen362 10 ай бұрын

Your math problem as worded in the caption started a heated discussion between my brother and I, as asking "8 is what percent of 50%" is not the same as the problem that you show in the video. That 50% could be of any possible numerical figure, so the correct answer wouldn't be 16, but an algebraic figure of a percentage of X/2, X being the unknown number. I really can't work algebra in my mind, but maybe the answer is X/16%, but probably not.