Okay, so you wanna know about this 67 over 80 thing, right? Like, what’s it all about? Well, lemme tell ya, it ain’t rocket science. It’s just a way of figurin’ out how much of somethin’ you got compared to the whole shebang.
So, what is 67/80 anyway?
Think of it like this. Say you got 80 apples, right? And you give away 67 of ’em. Well, 67/80 just means you gave away most of your apples, see? You ain’t got the whole pile no more, but you got a good chunk left. It’s a way of showin’ a part of somethin’.
Now, these smarty-pants folks, they like to turn this into somethin’ called a percentage. Don’t let that fancy word scare ya. It just means they wanna make it outta a hundred. Like, if you had a hundred apples instead of 80, how many would you have given away? That’s all it is.
How do you turn 67/80 into a percentage?
Well, there’s a couple of ways them smart folks do it, but I’ll tell ya the easiest way I know. You take that 67, see? And you divide it by 80. You can use a calculator for that, ain’t no shame in it. I ain’t got the patience to do that long division stuff anymore. My eyes ain’t what they used to be, ya know?
So, you punch in 67 divided by 80, and you get somethin’ like 0.8375. Now, that ain’t a percentage yet. To make it a percentage, you gotta times it by a hundred. So, you take that 0.8375 and times it by 100, and whatcha get? You get 83.75. See? That means if you had a hundred apples, you woulda give away about 84 of ’em. Close enough, anyway.
- Divide 67 by 80: 67 / 80 = 0.8375
- Multiply the result by 100: 0.8375 * 100 = 83.75
Why do we even care about percentages?
Well, sometimes it just makes things easier to understand. Like, if someone tells you they got 67 out of 80 on a test, you might not know right away if that’s good or bad. But if they say they got 83.75%, well, that sounds pretty darn good, don’t it? It’s like a grade, see? Tells ya how well ya did.
And it ain’t just for tests neither. You see percentages everywhere. At the store, they tell ya somethin’ is 20% off. That means you get to save some money. Or the weatherman says there’s a 50% chance of rain. Means you might wanna bring an umbrella. It’s all about makin’ sense of numbers, ya know?
So, 67/80 is just another way of sayin’ 83.75%. It’s like sayin’ you got most of the apples, or you did pretty good on that test, or whatever it is you’re talkin’ about. It’s all the same thing, just dressed up in different clothes.
Is there another way to figure this out?
Yeah, there’s always another way them smart folks do things. They got this other way where they try to make the bottom number, that 80, into a hundred. They call it multiplyin’ by 1.25. See, if you times 80 by 1.25, you get a hundred. But then you gotta times the top number, that 67, by the same thing. So, 67 times 1.25 is… you guessed it, 83.75. Same answer, different way of gettin’ there. Pick whichever way makes your head hurt less, I say.
What if I got a different fraction?
Well, then you do the same thing, just with different numbers. Say you got 15 out of 20, or 3 outta 4, whatever it is. You divide the top number by the bottom number and then times it by a hundred. That’s all there is to it. Ain’t no magic to it, just a little bit of figurin’.
So, next time you see somethin’ like 67/80, don’t you go frettin’. Just remember, it’s just a way of showin’ a part of somethin’ and you can turn it into a percentage if you want to. It ain’t hard, even an old woman like me can do it.
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