30/60 as a percentage is 50.00%. This fraction represents exactly one‑half, so when you look at it in percent form it lands right at the midpoint of a whole.
The fraction 30/60 can be reduced by dividing both numbers by 30, giving 1/2. Seeing it as a half makes it easy to understand why the percentage is fifty percent—half of any whole is fifty percent.
In everyday terms, if you had 60 pieces of something and you took 30, you’d have taken half of them. That half is shown as 50.00% when expressed as a percent. This simple relationship helps when comparing parts of a whole in both fraction and percentage language.
