percent

     

In mathematics, a percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100 (per cent meaning "per hunred"). It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%". For example, 45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to 45 / 100, or 0.45.

Trivia about percent

  • Used to express a ratio, it's from the Latin for "by the hundred"
  • This word is from a latin adverbial phrase meaning "by the hundred"
  • Used in statistics, this word is from theLatin adverbial phrase for "by the hundred"

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