ABSTRACT
To calculate a percentage, use division. Consider this example: If 22 of 84 gifted children in a sample report being afraid of the dark, determine the percentage by dividing the number who are afraid by the total number of children and then multiply by 100. Thus, 22 ÷ 84 = .2619 × 100 = 26.19%. This result indicates that based on the sample, if you questioned 100 participants from the same population, you would expect about 26 of them to report being afraid of the dark.
