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What do you mean by the term "percentage?
In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", although the abbreviations "pct.", "pct" and sometimes "pc" are also used.
For example,
5% of 400 = $\frac{5}{100}\times400=5\times4=20.$
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