Add or subtract a percentage from a number or solve the equations. For example find 5 percent of 70. Percentage may also be referred to as out of 100 or for every 100 For example you could say either it snowed 20 days out of every 100 days or you could say it snowed 20 of the time.
Percentage means per one hundred and denotes a piece of a total amount.
Step 2 Divide the percentage by 100 to convert it to a decimal. Number of boys in the school 48. For instance enter 17 in B1. Step 2 Divide the percentage by 100 to convert it to a decimal.