What is a Percentage

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To find percent of a number

Fraction or Ratio with 100 as the  fixed and understood denominator is percentage.

To determine the percent of a number do the following steps.Find 20% of 80

• Multiply the number by the percent ( 80*20 =1600)
• Divide the answer by 100 (Move decimal point two places to the left. (16.00)

Determining percentage

To determine the percentage of any number,

Given number has to be divided by the number of which a percentage has to be calculated.

Then the given number has to be multiplied by 100 and denote the value followed by % symbol.

Converting a Fraction to a Percent

Given a fraction, to convert into percent need to follow the three steps below.

Step 1: Multiply the given fraction from 100.

Step 2: Perform the division.

Step 3: Using the symbol '%' at the end of the resultant value, percent value has to be denoted.

Convert percent to fraction

To convert any percent to fraction,

• Need to write down the percent as divided by 100
• Simplify the fraction.

Convert percent to Decimal

Percent value represented with decimal point is converting a percent to decimal.

Decimal point has to be placed after two digits from the right most side, which signifies the value when divided by 100, that is 10² can be converted into decimal in this format.