How to calculate percentages is easier than you think. Quick, what’s 36% of 25? Or how about 250% of 20? Learn a quick and dirty tip to help you calculate all of those pesky percentages in your head.

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Percentages are a way of expressing proportion. Proportion tells you how much of one thing there is in relation to the whole. 'Per cent' means ‘out of 100’ and a percentage is written as a number with ...

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One way to find a percentage of an amount is to use 1%, 10% and 50% as building blocks. 1%, 10% and 50% can be used as building blocks for working out percentages in your head. 1% is 1⁄100. Work out 1 ...