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What is the difference between percent and percentage ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Percent is a specific number 10/100 is 10%.
Percentage is an amount.
For example, we are looking for a higher percentage of students to score in the 90th percentile.
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Percent is a specific number 10/100 is 10%.
Percentage is an amount.
For example, we are looking for a higher percentage of students to score in the 90th percentile.
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@Howie_Ne percent is used with the actual number, so 50% is "fifty percent". Percentage is the name of the measurement!
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