Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The percent sign (%) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage (that the preceding number is divided by one hundred). It is represented in Unicode by U+0025. Related signs include the permille (per thousand) sign (Unicode: U+2030) and the permyriad (per ten thousand) sign (Unicode: U+2031; also known as a basis point), which indicate that a number is divided by one thousand or ten thousand respectively. Higher proportions use parts-per notation.