6/78 as a percentage is 7.69%. This tiny portion shows how little of a whole the fraction represents. It’s a simple way to see the size of the fraction at a glance.
The fraction 6/78 can be reduced to 1/13, which still gives the same percentage. Thinking in terms of percentages helps when you compare it to other numbers, like 10% or 5%, because percentages are familiar in everyday contexts.
In practical terms, if you had 78 items and only 6 of them were selected, about 7.69% of the total would be chosen. That makes it easy to understand the fraction’s impact without having to work with the original numbers.
