The fraction 2/72 works out to 2.78% when you turn it into a percentage. It’s a tiny slice of a whole, just a little more than two percent.
You’ll see this kind of number when dealing with small parts of larger groups—like a couple of items out of a set of seventy‑two. It helps to think of it as “about three out of every hundred” for quick estimates.
Remember, whenever you need to compare a small piece to the whole, converting it to a percent like 2.78% makes the size easy to understand at a glance.
