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  2. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    Percentage. In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a hundred') is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign (%), [1] although the abbreviations pct., pct, and sometimes pc are also used. [2] A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number), primarily used for expressing ...

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top grade, A, is given here for performance that exceeds the mean by more than 1.5 standard deviations, a B for performance between 0.5 and 1.5 standard deviations above the mean, and so on. [18] Regardless of the absolute performance of the students, the best score in the group receives a top grade and the worst score receives a failing grade.

  4. LGBT demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey of 2,314 millennials found that 88% identified as heterosexual, 4% as bisexual, 2% as gay, and 1% as lesbian. In a separate question, 1% identified as transgender. In total, 7% of millennials identified as LGBT. Three percent refused to identify their sexual orientation.

  5. List of countries with highest military expenditures - Wikipedia

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    8.7 1.6 0.4 30 Pakistan: 8.5 2.8 0.3 31 Denmark: 8.1 2.0 0.3 32 Kuwait: 7.8 4.9 0.3 33 Greece: 7.7 3.2 0.3 34 Belgium: 7.6 1.2 0.3 35: Finland: 7.3: 2.4: 0.3 36 ...

  6. Grade (slope) - Wikipedia

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    8.33%(1 in 12) – Nilgiri Mountain Railway Tamil Nadu, India; 8.0% (1 in 12.5) – Just outside the Tombstone Jct. Station in the Tombstone Junction Theme Park, Kentucky, US. The railroad line there had a ruling grade of 6% (1 in 16.7). 7.85% (1 in 12.7) – Near Washington Street station on the Green Line B branch, Boston, Massachusetts, US. [20]

  7. Demographics of sexual orientation - Wikipedia

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    The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a sexual orientation law think tank, released a study in April 2011 [115] estimating based on its research that 1.7 percent of American adults identify as gay or lesbian, while another 1.8 percent identify as bisexual. Drawing on information from four national and two state-level population-based ...

  8. Military budget of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and US in constant 2021 US$ billions Military spending as a percent of federal government revenue. The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.

  9. Percentage point - Wikipedia

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    A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). [1]