The fraction 18/43 is equivalent to 41.86% when expressed as a percentage. This number tells you that 18 parts out of every 43 are a little less than half of the whole.
In everyday terms, you can think of 41.86% as roughly 42 out of every 100. If you had 43 items and took 18 of them, you would have taken just under half of the total amount. This makes it easy to compare the fraction with other percentages you might see in grades, discounts, or statistics.
Remember that the percentage is rounded to two decimal places, so the exact value might be a tiny bit different, but for most practical purposes 41.86% gives a clear and useful picture of how large 18 is compared to 43.
