25/100 = 25%
A value like 25/100, or 25%, shows up often in everyday life. For example, a store might offer 25% off a jacket, or a student might answer 25 out of 100 questions correctly on a quiz.
You can picture 25% as one-fourth of something. Imagine a pizza cut into four equal slices: 25% is about one slice, or roughly the amount you would get by dividing a group into four equal parts.
A common mistake is thinking 25% means 25 whole items no matter how large the group is. It actually describes a portion of the total, so 25% of 20 is much smaller than 25% of 200.
