3/42 = ≈7.14%
Rounded to 2 decimal places.
The fraction 3/42 represents a small share of a group, about 7.14%. In everyday life, it could describe 3 out of 42 students choosing a certain lunch, 3 defective items in a shipment of 42, or 3 rainy days during a 42-day period.
To picture it quickly, imagine 42 small boxes with only 3 shaded in. It is a little more than 7 out of every 100, so you can think of it as roughly one person in fourteen.
A common mistake is treating 3/42 as 3.42% because the digits are next to each other. The 3 and 42 describe parts of a group, not separate percentage digits, so the value is closer to 7% than to 3%.
