A percentage ( % ) is the expression of a number as a fraction of 100. The word "percent" is derived from the Latin meaning "per hundred."
Contributor's note: to find the percentage of any real number, simply multiply that number by 1/100 of the percentage. For instance, to find 5% of 1560, simply multiply 1560 by 0.05
1560 x 0.05 = 78
5% - multiply by 0.05
53% - multiply by 0.53
99% - multiply by 0.99
100% - multiply by 1
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Multiply the number by .8 to get 80% of that number.
To find 17.5 percent of a number, multiply the number by 0.175.To increase a number by 17.5 percent, multiply the number by 1.175.
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Any number of percent is the ratio of that number to 100.
To convert any number to a percent, multiply the number by 100. 66.66 = 6,666 percent.