The fraction 5/17 expressed as a percentage is 29.41%. This tells you that 5 parts out of 17 are just under three‑tenths of the whole.
When you look at the fraction itself, 5/17 is a bit smaller than 1/3 (which is about 33%). It’s a useful way to show a portion that isn’t a neat half or quarter, and it appears in problems involving dividing things into uneven groups.
In everyday situations, you might see 5/17 when sharing a pizza with 17 friends and you take 5 slices, or when a small part of a budget is set aside for a specific purpose. Knowing that 5/17 is 29.41% helps you quickly estimate how big that piece is compared to the whole.
