12/798 = ≈1.5%
Rounded to 2 decimal places.
A fraction like 12/798 can describe a small portion of a large group, such as 12 defective items in a shipment of 798 products. That rate is about 1.5%, so it could also represent a small percentage of people who respond to a survey or experience a certain problem.
To picture it quickly, imagine 100 objects lined up and highlight only one or two of them. Another useful estimate is that 12 out of 798 is close to 1 out of every 67 items, which shows that the event is uncommon.
A common mistake is to think 1.5% means 1.5 whole items out of 100, since you cannot usually have half an item in a real count. It means about one or two items in every 100 on average, not exactly the same number in every group.
