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Fast math is all about building towards the answer

The Answer
Typically complex to calculate directly | E.g., to 67% of 12.2M, 20B / 5.3K, 33K x 26

Building Blocks
Portions of the answer that are easier to calculate | E.g., 50% of 12.2M, 5.3K x 1M, 33K x 10
Note: What you are building towards may vary problem to problem

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Basic arithmetic skills are a prerequisite however

Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Base-10 Jumps

0.23 2.3 23 230 2300

Self-explanatory 1x7=7
0.01 0.1 1 10 100
2 x 7 = 14 Times tables
3 x 7 = 21 memorized with
Comfort with moving decimal place to
ability to move in
4 x 7 = 28 jump up and down 10’s of the original
both directions
number – for example, 1% of 23 is two
5 x 7 = 35 jumps down
6 x 7 = 42 For example – 3 x 7
= 21, but 21 / 7
7 x 7 = 49 should also Thousand  1K  Million  1K  Billion
8 x 7 = 56 immediately
9 x 7 = 63 register as 3 Similarly, comfort moving between
10 x 7 = 70 thousands, millions, and billions – for
example, 3B / 2K is 3/2 and B / K or 1.5
and 1M or 1.5M

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Example: 67% of 12.2M

67% of 12.2M

1 1
50% 10% 5% 67%
% %

6.1M 1.2M 0.6M 0.1M 0.1M

6.1M + 1.2M + 0.6M + 0.1M + 0.1M = ~8.1M

Check: 67% of 12.2M = 8.174M

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Example: 20B / 5.3K

20B / 5.3K

0 0 0
. . .
5.3B 5.3B 5.3B 2.6B 5 5 5 20B
3 3 3
B B B

1M 1M 1M 0.5M 0.1M
0.1M
0.1M
1M + 1M + 1M + 0.5M + 0.1M + 0.1M + 0.1M = 3.8M

Check: 20B / 5.3K= 3.77M

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Example: 33K x 25

33K x 26

10 10 5 1 26

330K 330K 165K 33K

330K + 330K + 165K + 33K = 858K

Check: 33K x 26 = 858K

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Example: 89% of 73M

89% of 73M

100% 73M

89%
1
10%
%

0.73M 7.3M

73M – 7.3M – 0.73M = 65M

Check: 89% of 73M = 64.97M

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 1. 47M / 3.5M
2. 17% of 1.6B

Group practice problems 3. 3.7M x 2.1K

4. 432/985
5. 19.1/36.2