28/80 = 35%
A fraction like 28/80, or 35%, could describe how many students in a group prefer a certain school lunch. It also works for things like the share of a project that’s finished or the portion of a sale item that’s discounted.
To picture it quickly, think of a little more than one out of every three equal parts. If you imagine 80 small squares, 28 of them would be shaded—just over a third of the whole group.
One common mix-up is thinking 35% always means 35 items. It means a share of the whole, so the number of items depends on how many there are altogether.
