Percent means 1/100, two percent means 2/100, three percent means 3/100, and so on.The latin word 'Centum' means '100', for example a century is 100 years. The word comes from the Latin 'per Centum', meaning 'by the hundred'.a fraction with numerator equal to 1 and denominator to one hundred. Percent is one hundredth of a given amount, is an amount calculated with reference to a hundred, hundredth, 1 ÷ 100 = 1/100, ie.
