When you turn the fraction 3/23 into a percent, you get 13.04%. This is the rounded value you’ll see most often, and it tells you roughly how many parts out of a hundred the fraction represents.
The fraction 3/23 is a small piece of a whole. You might see it in problems about sharing, probabilities, or measuring tiny parts of a larger set. It’s useful to think of it as “just over 13 out of every 100,” which gives a quick sense of size.
Because the exact conversion gives a long decimal, we usually round it to two decimal places. That’s why 13.04% is the standard way to write it in most everyday situations.
