72/750 = 9.6%
A value like 72/750, or 9.6%, could describe 72 successful responses out of 750 survey participants. It might also represent a small portion of a school, workplace, budget, or group that meets a certain condition.
You can picture 9.6% as just under one-tenth of the whole. Since 10% is an easy benchmark, 9.6% is slightly less than 10%, so it would be about 96 out of every 1,000 items.
A common mistake is treating 9.6% as if it were 96%, simply because both numbers contain 96. The percent sign matters: 9.6% means less than one-tenth, while 96% means almost the entire amount.
