You might wonder what 40/81 looks like as a percentage. The answer is 49.38%.
The fraction 40/81 is a proper fraction, meaning the numerator is smaller than the denominator. When you write it as a decimal it becomes a repeating number (0.493827…), which is why the percentage is not a whole number.
In everyday life, percentages like this help us compare parts of a whole. For example, if you scored 40 points out of a possible 81 on a test, you earned about 49.38% of the total marks.
Remember that the “%” sign simply tells you the value out of 100, so 49.38% means you have just under half of the whole.
