The fraction 16/80 is equal to 20.00% when expressed as a percentage. This tells you that 16 is twenty percent of 80, a handy figure for quick comparisons.
In everyday terms, a 20 % share means that out of every 100 parts, you have 20 parts. If you think of a pizza sliced into 100 pieces, 20 pieces would represent the same portion as 16 out of 80 slices.
Remember that percentages are just another way to show fractions. Whenever you see 20 % you can also think of it as 1⁄5, which is the same as the original 16⁄80 after simplifying. This makes it easy to work with numbers in both forms.
