Percentage Swap Magic Rule : āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ – āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ


Percentage Swap Magic Rule : Percentage Tricks


“Numbers can swap places with percentages” “āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋ”


Rule / āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ


X% of Y Y% of X 


To calculate X% of Y, you can swap X and Y and calculate Y% of X instead. The result will be the same.


X% of Y āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈, X āφ⧰⧁ Yā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋ Y% of X āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĢāϞ āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤


How to Use / āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ



  1. Identify the percentage and the number / āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•

  2. Swap them / āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧋⧰⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻ•

  3. Multiply → Result / āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ• → āĻĢāϞ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ


 Examples / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  1. 20% of 50 → 50% of 20 → 10

  2. 15% of 40 → 40% of 15 → 6

  3. 12% of 50 → 50% of 12 → 6


Tip / āϟāĻŋāĻĒāϚ:



  • Works best for simple percentages

  • Saves time in mental math and exams

  • No need for long multiplication


Trick 1: Swap & Solve


Swap the number and the percentage. Answer stays the same.āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


X% of Y = Y% of X


Example: 20% of 50 = 50% of 20 = 10


 Trick 2: Make Percentage Easy


After swapping, choose the easier calculation. āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŸā§‹ āϞāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤


Ex: 12% of 50 → 50% of 12 = 6 (50% āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āφāϧāĻž — easy!)


Trick 3: Half, Quarter, Tenth Trick



  • 50% = half, āφāϧāĻž

  • 25% = quarter, āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§° āĻāϟāĻž

  • 10% = divide by 10, ā§§ā§Ļ⧰⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—


 Ex: 25% of 80 → 80% of 25 → 20


Trick 4: Mental Math Speed Trick


Use swapping to avoid long multiplication.āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻžāχ āĻŽāύāϤ⧰⧇ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻŦ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Ex: 40% of 15 → 15% of 40 = 6


Trick 5: Exam Shortcut Trick


If numbers look difficult → swap immediately. āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻžā§Ž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Example: 30% of 60 → 60% of 30 = 18


Rule : Swap percentage and number — result never changes! āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĢāϞ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ!