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# percentage

«percentage» in Mova's school dictionary: **a number written as a part of 100, using the sign %, as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a percentage, percentages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (maths) A percentage is a number written as a part of 100, using the sign %, as 25% means 25 out of every 100. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#m1)

2) A percentage is a part or share of something, as in «a large percentage of the class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#m2)

3) (informal) There's no percentage in it means there's no benefit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, pupils find percentages of amounts (10% of 50 = 5), change fractions into percentages (½ = 50%) and use them in shopping problems with discounts and price rises. In science, results are shown as percentages; in news, survey results. Phrases: «a high percentage», «percentage increase», «percentage of».

### examples

- Fifty percent is the same as a half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x1)
- What percentage of the class has a pet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x2)
- The percentage of water in the human body is about 60%. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x3)
- A 20% discount on £10 saves £2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x4)
- A small percentage of pupils walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x5)
- We turned our test scores into percentages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x6)
- The battery is at a low percentage, so charge it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/#x7)

### note

Use «percentage» for the idea and «percent» (or «per cent» in British English) with a number: 30 percent, a high percentage. Maths: to find P% of an amount, multiply by P and divide by 100. A percentage can be more than 100% (a price can rise by 150%). «Percentage points» compare percentages: from 20% to 30% is 10 percentage points.

### In the corpora

- [A big percentage of a small group means little; always ask «out of how many?».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/38/)
- [Interest on savings is extra money the bank pays you; the interest rate is the percentage it pays.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines/5/)
- [Inflation is prices going up over time; the inflation rate is how much they rise in a year, as a percentage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «percentage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percentage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.