What is a percentage?
A percentage is a way to define a part, or fraction of a total.
When we discuss percentages, we should ask ourselves the following: "the percentage of what?". Saying 50% without specifying the whole, fails to make sense. Instead one should say " 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 should write it as follows: