8/72 as a percentage is 11.11%. The fraction can be simplified to 1/9, which makes it easy to see why the decimal repeats. When we round it to two decimal places, we get the tidy figure shown above.
Seeing the value as a percentage helps in everyday contexts, like figuring out a small portion of a whole. For example, if you have a pizza cut into 72 slices and you take 8 of them, you’ve eaten about eleven percent of the pizza.
Percentages like this are useful in school projects, budgeting, and quick estimates. Remember, 11.11% means roughly one part in nine of any total amount.
