Percentage.
The name percentage is applied to certain arithmetical exercises in which 100 is used as the basis of computation. Per cent. is an abbreviation of the Latin per centum, meaning by the hundred. This sign % is used for the words per cent. Thus, 10% of a number equals 10/100, or 1/10 of the number; 50% equals 50/100, or 1/2, etc.
FRACTIONAL EQUIVALENTS.
| 50 | % | = | .50 | = | 1/2. |
| 33 1/3 | % | = | .33 1/3 | = | 1/3. |
| 25 | % | = | .25 | = | 1/4. |
| 20 | % | = | .20 | = | 1/5. |
| 16 2/3 | % | = | .16 2/3 | = | 1/6. |
| 12 1/2 | % | = | .12 1/2 | = | 1/8. |
| 10 | % | = | .10 | = | 1/10. |
| 8 1/3 | % | = | .08 1/3 | = | 1/12. |
| 6 1/4 | % | = | .06 1/4 | = | 1/16. |
| 5 | % | = | .05 | = | 1/20. |
| 2 1/2 | % | = | .02 1/2 | = | 1/40. |