Question

A number reckoned on the basis of a whole divided into 100 parts is known as a

Answer 1

The answer for the question is: Percentage.

The explanation for this answer is shown below:

By definition, a percentage is a number that is computed on the basis of a whole divided into one hundred parts. Therefore, based on this definition, you can write a percent as percentage (with the symbol %), as a fraction (with a numerator and a denominator) and you can also express it as a decimal, as following:

$20$%$=\frac{1}{5}=0.2$