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Mental Math - Calculating Percents (Fraction to Decimal)

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Most recent answer on Oct 16, 2023

Hagen

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Hagen

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gave the best answer on Oct 14, 2023

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Hi there, I would be happy to share my thoughts on your question: First of all, using common factors to simplify numbers may help a lot. For instance, if you see numbers like 21 and 87, knowing they are both divisible b ... (read entire answer)

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About percentages

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Most recent answer on Feb 28, 2023

Andi

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Andi

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gave the best answer on Feb 26, 2023

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Hi there, in short, get familiar with percentage calc and fractions and practice rough estimation maths to become quick at it. Re your specific questions:1. Tesla captures ⅓ of the market: look at Tesla share → 7,200. L ... (read entire answer)

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Effective math tool

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Most recent answer on Aug 31, 2020

Vlad

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Vlad

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gave the best answer on Sep 12, 2018

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Hi, Any of these tools are good: Preplounge Mental Math, V. Cheng, Mimir Math. It's more about the skills. I recommend to concentrate on the following: 1) Learn how to multiply double digit numbers (https://www.yo ... (read entire answer)

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Mental math app for practising fractions/percentages

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Luca

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Luca

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gave the best answer on Apr 13, 2020

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Hello Richard, Thanks for sharing! Actually I have many candidates that struggle with mental math, I will take a look to your app. Best, Luca

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