• stickyprimer
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    4 days ago

    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.

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      4 days ago

      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.

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        4 days ago

        Keeping the decimal in the right place is the trick for me when I do it in my head.