The fraction 3/15 works out to 20.00% when you turn it into a percentage. It’s a tidy number that’s easy to remember and use.
Since 3/15 can be reduced to 1/5, you can think of it as one part out of five equal parts. One‑fifth of any whole is always twenty percent, which matches the rounded figure we gave.
In everyday situations, this means that if you have 15 items and you take 3 of them, you’ve taken exactly one‑fifth of the total. That’s the same as having 20 % of the items.
Knowing this simple link between the fraction and its percent makes it quick to compare sizes, do calculations, or just talk about parts of a whole in a clear way.
