The fraction 42/61 is equal to 68.85% when converted to a percentage and rounded to two decimal places. This means that if you had 61 items and took 42 of them, you'd have about 69% of the total. It's a bit more than two-thirds but not quite three-quarters of the whole amount.
In everyday situations, you might see this fraction pop up in various contexts. For example, if 42 out of 61 students passed a test, you could say the pass rate was roughly 69%. Or if a basketball player made 42 out of 61 free throw attempts in a season, their free throw percentage would be about 69%. Understanding these equivalences can help make sense of data and statistics we encounter in daily life.
