"percent" means for every hundred, or alternatively, out of 100.
Finding some percentage of a number is multiplying that number by the fraction of the percentage over 100.
eg to find 53% of a number, multiply by the fraction 53/100
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This is related to the fact that dividing by a number is the same as multiplying with the number's reciprocal.
There is no pattern.
A general rule for multiplying fractions: You shall not multiply the denominator by the whole number,only the numerator.Another rule is you shall make the whole number as a fraction by putting the whole number as the numerator and 1 as the denominator before multiplying it.
Its related to each other because in both you multiply. Whole numbers are positive integers, expect zero which is neutral (no sign). If you know the time table, this will help you to multiply fractions written as integer/integer (rational number). So you will find the right value of the product. Positive or negative value, it depends on the sign of the numbers involved in the multiplication.
by dividing the number by 100.