52/60 as a percentage is 86.67%. This means the fraction represents a little less than the whole, but more than three‑quarters of it.
The fraction 52/60 can be reduced to 13/15, which still reflects the same portion of a whole. Thinking of it as a part of 100, you end up with the same 86.67% value.
In everyday life, 86.67% might show up when you score 52 out of 60 on a test, when a recipe uses 52 grams of an ingredient out of a total of 60 grams, or when a project is 86.67% complete. It’s a handy way to see how big a part something is compared to the whole.
