The most common benchmark percents are 0%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%.
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Benchmark your businessMarket Index: Definition, How Indexing Works, Types, and ExamplesGet Off the Bench: A Look at BenchmarksBenchmark - Meaning, Types, Benchmark Index, Benchmark Error, And More - Glossary by TickertapeThese benchmark values are sometimes used when estimating a solution involving percentages.
If an item costs $36.00 and there is a 7% sales tax, the benchmark of 10% can be used to mentally estimate the sales tax of the item.
10% of 36, done mentally, is 3.6.
Since 7% is a bit less than 10%, the sales tax will be a bit less than $3.60.
