Combined Science GCSE
Percentage
What Percentage means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Percentage
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Reference: AQA
A way of expressing a quantity as a fraction of 100, allowing fair comparison between samples of different starting sizes.
Topics that use Percentage
- Osmosis (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell turgor and plasmolysis
- Change in mass
- Concentration gradient
- Control variables
- Independent and dependent variables
- Interpreting trends and intercepts
- Line or curve of best fit
- Original mass
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