Why is this statement returning 0?

[Integrater]

I have a method that populates a list with prime numbers. I'm outputting to the debug window to see the progress of it as it happens like so:

public static void PopulatePrimeList()
{
Debug.WriteLine("Entering PopulatePrimeList().");

// Manually add the first prime number.
PrimeList.Add(2);
Debug.WriteLine(2);

for (short checkValue = 3; checkValue <= short.MaxValue && checkValue > 0; checkValue += 2)
{
if (IsPrime(checkValue))
{
PrimeList.Add(checkValue);
Debug.WriteLine($"Populating PrimeList {checkValue / short.MaxValue * 100}%: Adding {checkValue}.");
}
}

Debug.WriteLine("PrimeList populated.");
}



The part in question is this:

{checkValue / short.MaxValue * 100}

it always returns 0 and I can't tell why. Does anyone know?

Any and all help would be appreciated.

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