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

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

@thenetsurferboy

4 ай бұрын

No. See my reply

@holydiver73

4 ай бұрын

That’s how I did it.

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%

B) 16%

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.

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 😀

You make math so much fun! 👍

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%.

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 😇 😊!

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

5 ай бұрын

No smiley face for John.

@darkst0rm2

5 ай бұрын

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

@warblerab2955

5 ай бұрын

@@darkst0rm2 You are probably right.

@ab_ab_c

4 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

4 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%.

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%.

Thank you

16%

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

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%.

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%.

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

Double 50 then double 8 =16

@johntaylor4817

5 ай бұрын

I wouldnt' have thought of that. thanks

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. 🤗

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.

16

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.

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

5 ай бұрын

I like how you think

@larrydickenson8922

4 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.

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.

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

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.

lol never thought I’d be doing a math test . Fun 🎉

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

Simple. Multiply each by 2. 16%

A ns: 16

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 🙏

(8*100)/50=80/5=16

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).

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

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.

Divide 100 by 50 and multiply by 2

Nice I got it!

There are many ways to solve each problem...

8/50 * 100 = 16%

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.

b-16

4

got it 16 .16 x 50 = 8 thanks for an easy one,

B). 16%.

(x-4x+4)

4%

(x-3x+2)

14%

WP of WN = N

Didn't know how to do the calculation so i know that 10 is 20% of 50 so 8 is closer and less than 10 so it has to be 16%, the closest answer to 20%

(b)16%

b)16%

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.

16 by doubling all

@panlomito

5 ай бұрын

That was my fourth option but you already took the honor.

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B 16%

8 divided by 50 equal 0,16 equal 16%. So simple

I choose a...4.

X% of 50 is the same as 50% of X, so if X% of 50 equals 8 then 50% of X also equals 8 making X equal to 16. Answer b)16%

As

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

5 ай бұрын

It's 0.0504. You added a zero.

@brianschuetz2614

5 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.

B - 16%

8%… 50/100=.01x8=.08 or 8%

50x2=100 8x2=16 16%

16 percent

Divide...got ot...I multiplied

"is/of AKA IS over OF"

The answer is 16percent. 8over 50x 100 over 1

A.

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.

10 is 20% of 50 so 8 must be 16%. Some weird flash thinking for 50 is 2 times number.

8/50X100=16% and it is b)

Just because we can do math does not mean we can click mouse buttons.

%/100 = Is/Of. 16.

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.

8=x•50/100 x=16 8=16%50

What percentage of infinity is 1?

@billywhyte6693

5 ай бұрын

Then 0 ...... ?

@billywhyte6693

5 ай бұрын

There is an answer...

@billywhyte6693

5 ай бұрын

Put it this way --- there is only one one. It can't be sub-divided, made smaller. In the same way 'infinity' can't be made greater (or can it?). One is next after zero. And either 'zero' is absolute - or one does not exist. Is one infinity????

@billywhyte6693

5 ай бұрын

Nay -- zero encompasses infinity. One zero, one infinity! There is an aspect to mathematical thinking not possible in this realm.

@brianschuetz2614

5 ай бұрын

Infinity isn't a number, it's a concept. No matter how large a number you select, there will always be a larger number that exists. You cannot calculate a percentage on a concept, only on a number.

When ever you need to find the percent of a number. I was taught the 1 percent method. 8 is what percent of 50? 50 has an invisible decimal at the end. Divide that number by 100 to get 1 percent. .5 or move the decimal left two places. Now 8 times 5 is 40. Remember to move the decimal. I got .4 or 4 percent is my answer. There can be different ways to do this question I'm sure

(b)

Maybe the correct answer is 16. 8 is 16 percent of 50 not 16% percent of 50

16 per cent

8/50 = 16%...

b)

b

8÷50=.16×100=16%

A

80÷ 5 = 16%

B

16, 2x50=100, 2x8=16

B = 16%

Went the wrong way

B? 16%🎉

My answer is 16%

Answer a) 4%

@brucepickess8097

4 ай бұрын

Your out by 4x100%😏

8÷50 is the same as 16÷100. I only read the thumbnail picture and not the title. Confusing. But I think the answer is still the same.

16% is the correct amswer

The answer is 16%

B is the answer

% means hundreth, so 8 fiftieths = 16 hundreths

16percent