Calculation of percentage - definition of single terms

Calculation of percentage
Definition of single terms

[German] [English]

Percent (pro-centum [German: “Prozent”]) comes from Latin and means on hundred. This means 1 on 100 (1/100), consequently percent means a hundredth.

50 %	ß means percentage (Symbol: p%)
of
5000 $	ß that is the base value [German: Grundwert] (Symbol: G)
= ∙ 5000 $
= 2500 $	ß that is the percent value [German: Prozentwert] (Symbol: W)