how do YOU do percentages ?

[Pressure Drop]

ok emphasis on you there

i do them like get 12.5% of x
x*0.125

so in a spreadsheet to get that i do =A1*0.125 for example referencing the A1 data

but the person next to me got confused and didn't seem to understand this at all. Do most use the % button/function on calculators and spreadsheets ?

[Jason]

i do it the same way you're doing it

or if i'm figuring a percentage i'll use the 'ol "is over of"

as in: 9 is what percentage of 15? 9 / 15 = 0.6 or 60%

[the_paul]

I don't use a calculator so I always do it the way you said at first, PD

[Pressure Drop]

i do it the same way you're doing it

or if i'm figuring a percentage i'll use the 'ol "is over of"

as in: 9 is what percentage of 15? 9 / 15 = 0.6 or 60%

haha i'd forgot that and reverted to

(100/15)*9=60
:S the silly way i was taught many years ago - not that percentages crop up much since then

but yeah thats reassuring anyway, just the person next to me has an english degree but is shit at maths and when i tried to explain it to her that it was the same thing she looked at me like i was an alien. Then the person taking the course used % too

[Zeebu]

on to the important things:

is she attractive?
do you see yourself respecting her?
how many drinks do you think it would take to respect her?
if it was up to you, where would be the first place youd respect her?

[Ilya]

you shoulda said "bitch you ain't no nerd?"