Per means ‘out of’ and cent means ‘hundredth’. So, percent simply means ‘Out of every hundred’.
- Symbol of percentage is ‘%’.
- For example,
- 35% means 35/100 or 35 parts out of 100 parts.
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- 45 percent of the students in a class are girls means that if there are 100 students in a class, then 45 of them are
Summary
| Percentage | |
| Definition | Out of every hundred |
| Symbol | % |