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title: "How to calculate percentages?"  
description: "How to calculate percentages?"  
author: "Utpal Vishwas"  
published: 2023-07-14  
updated: 2023-07-17  
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category: "mathematics"  
tags: ["percentages, fractions, and decimal values"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to calculate percentages?

How to calculate percentages?

## Answers

### Answer by Yashna Bawa

1. **Define the terms.** A percentage is a number or ratio that represents a part of a whole. It is expressed as a fraction of 100, and the symbol for percentage is "%".
2. **Determine the value you want to express as a percentage.** This is the "part" of the whole.
3. **Determine the total value.** This is the "whole" that the part is a part of.
4. **Divide the value you want to express as a percentage by the total value.**
5. **Multiply the result by 100.**

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Here is an example:

- You want to calculate the [percentage of students](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81260/the-path-of-e-learning-is-not-easy) in your class who are female.
- The value you want to express as a percentage is the number of female students in your class.
- The total value is the total number of students in your class.
- Let's say there are 10 female students in your class of 20 students.
- To calculate the [percentage of female students](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82047/women-security-in-india-lessen-known-facts) in your class, you would divide 10 by 20 and then multiply the result by 100.
- 10 / 20 = 0.5
- 0.5 * 100 = 50
- Therefore, 50% of the students in your class are female.


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