Percentage of an amount

Key term for AQA GCSE Mathematics, used in Fractions, decimals and percentages.

Definition

Finding a proportion of a whole quantity, defined as 'so many hundredths of' that quantity.

Exam Context

Percentage of an amount appears in AQA GCSE Mathematics revision content for Number, especially Fractions, decimals and percentages and Fraction and Percentage Operators.

Number Fractions, decimals and percentages Fraction and Percentage Operators

Found in Revision Notes

Number

Fraction and Percentage Operators

Fractions, decimals and percentages • Fraction and Percentage Operators

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Related Key Terms

Decimal multiplier Denominator Fraction of an amount Multiplication

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