PERCENTAGE

What is Percentage?

It is often used to compare proportions, show changes over time, and represent statistics in a clear and understandable way and express a number as a fraction of 100. For example, if you have 50 out of 100 apples, you have 50% of the apples.

Percentages are widely used in everyday life, including calculating discounts during shopping, understanding interest rates in finance, and measuring changes in data. To calculate a percentage, you divide the part by the whole and then multiply by 100.

For example:

• If you scored 80 out of 100 on a test, your score is 80%.
• If a product originally costs $100 and is on sale for $80, the discount is 20%.

Percentages are a versatile and essential tool for understanding and communicating numerical information.