What is a percentage?
A percentage is a way to define a part, or fraction of a total.
When we talk about percentages, we should always ask ourselves the following: "the percentage of what?". Saying 50% without specifying 50% of what, makes no sense. However, if we say "the of " is . In summary, the percentage represents what part of is the number in question.
The percentage symbol is :
when we want to express that
We will write it as: