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minus-squarestickyprimerlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoMy brain was more like “Okay it’s just seven point-fours. So what’s seven fours? 28. What’s seven point-fours? 2.8. That can’t be right. Fuck. Get a calculator.
minus-squareqarbonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoI go for finding percentage factors. 4%? That’s just 1% * 4. 1% of 7 = 0.07 * 4 = 0.28 14%? That’s just 10% + 1% * 4 = 0.7 + 0.07 * 4 = 0.98 You tell me it’s decimal, then I’m gonna Decimal.
minus-squarestickyprimerlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoKeeping the decimal in the right place is the trick for me when I do it in my head.
My brain was more like “Okay it’s just seven point-fours. So what’s seven fours? 28. What’s seven point-fours? 2.8. That can’t be right. Fuck. Get a calculator.
I go for finding percentage factors.
4%? That’s just 1% * 4. 1% of 7 = 0.07 * 4 = 0.28
14%? That’s just 10% + 1% * 4 = 0.7 + 0.07 * 4 = 0.98
You tell me it’s decimal, then I’m gonna Decimal.
Keeping the decimal in the right place is the trick for me when I do it in my head.