The fraction 8/42 is equal to 19.05% when converted to a percentage and rounded to two decimal places. This means that 8 parts out of a total of 42 parts represent about 19% of the whole. It's a relatively small percentage, less than one-fifth of the total.
To put this in perspective, if you had a pizza cut into 42 slices and took 8 of them, you'd have about 19% of the pizza. Or if you answered 8 questions correctly out of 42 on a test, you'd score around 19%. This fraction and percentage can be useful in various real-world situations where you need to express a part of a whole or calculate proportions.