Symbols:Arithmetic and Algebra/Per Cent
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Per Cent
- $\%$
$x \%$ means $x$ hundredths.
Hence $x \%$ has the same meaning as the fraction $\dfrac x {100}$
Its $\LaTeX$ code is x \% .
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): percent
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): per cent (%)
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): per cent (%)