How can 65% be broken down with friendly percents to find 65% of a number?

25% + 25% + 10%
25% + 10% + 10% + 10% + 10%
50% + 10%
50% + 25%

1 answer

To break down 65% into friendly percents, you can use the breakdown that makes it easy to calculate. Here are a couple of good ways:

  1. 25% + 25% + 10%: This method is quite friendly because it uses fractions that are easy to calculate.

    • 25% of a number is easy to find (just divide the number by 4).
    • 10% of a number is also easy (just divide the number by 10).
  2. 50% + 15%: This is also a good breakdown because calculating 50% (which is half of the number) is straightforward, and 15% is also simple (you can calculate 10% and 5% easily).

Among the options you provided, 25% + 25% + 10% is usually the most straightforward breakdown for calculating 65% of a number.

To summarize:

  • You can calculate 25% of the number twice (which gives you 50%) and then add 10% to get to 65%.