Percent
Definition/Scope Note:
A percent is a ratio whose second term is 100. Percent means parts per hundred. The word comes from the Latin phrase per centum, which means per hundred. In mathematics, we use the symbol % for percent.
Source: https://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol4/meaning_percent
Related Terms:
- Proportion
- Rate
- Ratio
- Duty
- Percent
Website/Online Sources:
Journal Articles:
- Format neglect: How the use of Numerical Versus Percentage Rank claims Influences Consumer Judgements/ Julio Sevilla
- Communication as a Means of development in a school with a high percentage of foriegn pupils/ Denesa Denglerova
- Difficulties encountered by 7th graders in the subject percent and suggestion/ Emrullah Erdem
- The Application of the percentage change calculation in the context of inflation mathematical Literacy/ Sarah Bansilai
- A Colloborative Endeavour between mathematics and science educators: Focus on the use of percent in Chemistry
eBooks:
- Percentage/ Marsha Arvoy
- The One Percent/ Carla Mooney
- Where does your money Go?/ Christine Dugan
- How do they make that? Fractions, Decimals, and Percent/ Lori Barker
Odilo:
- Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration, the/ John Zmirak
- Street Smart Entrepreneur 133 Tough Lessons I learned the Hard Way/ Jay Goltz
- Doing Simple Math in Your Head/ W.J. Howard
- Planning to Win How One Minute Can Save you Seven/ John Chenn
- 200+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of Color/ Jawanza Kunjufu
Proquest:
- Effectiveness of 7.5 percent Povidone Iodine in Comparison to 1 percent Clotrimazole with Lignocaine in the treatment of Otomycosis/ Ajay Philip
- Missing the Point:are journals using the ideal number of decimal places/ Adrian G. Barnett
- Percents: Developing Meaning through models
- Making Sense of Percents/ Mary Lou Metz
- Concentration : Connecting Fractions, decimals and Percent/ Elizabeth Z. Sweeney