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Percentage — AQA GCSE Business Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Business · key term

Percentage

Definition

A value expressed as a number of parts out of 100.

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AQA GCSE Business · 8132

Paper 1, Paper 2

A percentage expresses an amount out of 100.
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Exam tips

1
For percentage change, divide by the original value, not the new value.

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