PERCENTAGE CLASS 5 BASED ON INCREASING AND DECREASING CONCEPT BY GURJANT SIR || MAKE MATH EASY

In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio that can be expressed as a fraction of 100. If we have to calculate percent of a number, divide the number by the whole and multiply by 100. Hence, the percentage means, a part per hundred. The word per cent means per 100. It is represented by the symbol “%”.

Percentage

Examples of percentages are:

10% is equal to 1/10 fraction
20% is equivalent to ⅕ fraction
25% is equivalent to ¼ fraction
50% is equivalent to ½ fraction
75% is equivalent to ¾ fraction
90% is equivalent to 9/10 fraction
Percentages have no dimension. Hence it is called a dimensionless number. If we say, 50% of a number, then it means 50 per cent of its whole.

Percentages can also be represented in decimal or fraction form, such as 0.6%, 0.25%, etc. In academics, the marks obtained in any subject are calculated in terms of percentage. Like, Ram has got 78% of marks in his final exam. So, this percentage is calculated on account of the total marks obtained by Ram, in all subjects to the total marks.