36/84 as a percentage is 42.86%. This tells you that the fraction is a little less than half of a whole.
The fraction 36/84 can be reduced by dividing both numbers by their greatest common divisor, 12, which gives 3/7. Seeing it as 3 parts out of 7 helps you understand why it’s close to 50% but not quite there.
When you think of 3/7 in everyday terms, imagine a pizza sliced into 7 equal pieces and you have 3 of them. You’ve got a little under half of the pizza, which matches the 42.86% figure.
Remember, percentages are just another way to talk about parts of a whole, so 42.86% and 3/7 are two ways of saying the same thing.
