What is 16/72 as a percentage? It is 22.22% when rounded to two decimal places. The fraction 16/72 can also be reduced to 2/9, which represents the same part of a whole.
Seeing 22.22% tells you that the portion is a little less than a quarter of the whole. In everyday terms, if you had 72 pieces of something and you took 16 of them, you would have taken about one‑fifth of the total.
Because the percentage is a rounded figure, the exact value is a repeating decimal (22.222…). The rounded version is useful for quick estimates and easy communication.
So whenever you need to compare 16 out of 72 to a whole, you can simply say it’s about 22.22% of the total.
