⌨️ Lesson: Type the Percent Sign (%)
The percent sign (%) is typed with Shift + 5. Hold right Shift with your right pinky and tap the key with your left index finger. These 4 exercises take it from a single tap to real-world uses, with a live keyboard showing the exact fingers.
How to Type the Percent Sign (%) Correctly
The percent sign — also called percentage symbol, per cent sign — lives on the number row of a standard US keyboard. Hold the right Shift key with your right pinky, tap 5 with your left index finger, then release both. It shares the 5 key. Hold the right Shift, then tap 5 with your left index finger.
The percent sign shows discounts, scores and statistics, and it is a placeholder in many programming formats. Practising it now means you can type it without looking down when you meet it in emails, code, passwords or documents.
Note: keys can move on non-US layouts (UK, German, French and others), so if the symbol does not appear, check that your keyboard language is set to US English.
Hold right Shift with your right pinky and press the 5 key with your left index finger.
Your left index finger types the 5 key. The right pinky holds the right Shift key, so both hands share the work.
The percent sign shows discounts, scores and statistics, and it is a placeholder in many programming formats.
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