百分数

百分数由percent表示，百分号％读作 percent，应用时常与by连用。

0．68％→zero point six eight percent

6％→six percent

369％→three hundred and sixty nine percent

The output of steel went up by 20 percent．钢产量增长20％。

The price of cotton was reduced by 20 percent．棉花的价格下降了20％。

The loss of water has been reduced to less than 30 percent．水的损耗减少到30％以下。