Percentage: A way of expressing a number in the form of X/100. It is often denoted using the "%" sign, mostly used to show how big or small a quantitative term is, compared to another.
For example: Jim has 40 sweets in it. Tim has 16 sweets.
So, Tim has 2/5 (16/40) the number of sweets Jim has.
2/5 converted to a percentage(x/100)---> 40/100=40%
Thus, Tim has 40% the number of sweets Jim has.
sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage
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