This article will teach you the basics of percentages in a simple way. It covers all the important ideas that you’ll need for maths tests, especially in quantitative aptitude and data interpretation sections of competitive exams.
In simple terms, a percentage is a way to express a part of something out of 100. It helps us understand or compare how much of a whole something represents. For example, if you have 80 out of 100 marbles, you can say you have 80%. It’s a way of showing a fraction of a whole in a way that’s easy to understand.
To figure out a percentage, you just divide a part by the whole and then multiply by 100.
Here are the few examples of percentages (%)
Percentage formula
Percentage=(Part/Whole Part)*100
Here, “Part” is the portion of the whole you’re interested in, and “Whole” is the complete or total quantity. To find the percentage, you divide the Part by the Whole, and then multiply the result by 100 to express it as a percentage. The formula can be written as:
Learning Path for Percentage Concept in Quantitative Aptitude
- Basic Percentage Calculation
- Percentage Increase and Decrease
- Successive Percentage Changes
- Fraction to Percentage Conversion
- Percentage as a Fraction or Decimal
- Finding the Whole Given a Percentage
- Comparison of Percentages
- Population Growth and Percentages
- Applications in Elections
- Tax and Percentages
- Time and Work Problems with Percentages
