The percent is "per" and "Cent" joined together. Both are Latin words, roughly translating into "for every hundred". I.e. 50 Percent means 50 out of every 100. The percent sign % is a shortening of a number over 100; 10/100 or 47/100 or whatever you wish!
40% = 0.4
25%
80% terry cloth 20% cotton
50 Percent is Half a Hundred
10% = 10/100
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percent of base
In Math, 24 percent can mean 0.24 in decimal or 24/100 in fraction.
100 percent
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It is: 58% of 312 is 180.96
7/20 = NN = 0.35 = 35 percent