1/30 as a percentage is 3.33%. This tiny slice of a whole is easy to picture: if you split something into 30 equal parts, one part is just a little over three percent of the total.
The fraction 1/30 shows up in everyday situations, like when you get a small discount or when a recipe calls for a pinch of an ingredient. Thinking of it as a percentage helps you compare it quickly to other numbers you see on labels or in tables.
Because we round to two decimal places, the exact value of 1/30 (which is 0.03333…) becomes 3.33%. The rounding keeps the number simple without losing much accuracy for most practical uses.
Remember, whether you write it as a fraction or a percentage, the amount stays the same—it’s just two ways to look at the same portion of a whole.
