Percent, percentage
Percent means “for every 100 parts“.
The word comes from the latin phrase per centum which means per one hundred.
Percentage means a part per hundred. It can be expressed in decimal form and in fraction form too.
A percentage of a number is symbolized by writing:
Examples: If we say 30%, it means 30 out of 100. So, 30% is equivalent to 0.3 in decimal form, or the fraction 30/100.
Percent tells you a ratio “out of 100”
The formula to calculate percentage is:
percentage = (value/total value) x 100
