What is 82/85 as a percentage? It is 96.47% when rounded to two decimal places. This fraction is very close to a whole, so its percentage is high.
The fraction 82/85 can be thought of as 82 parts out of a total of 85 equal parts. When you look at it as a percent, it shows just how much of the whole is covered—almost all of it.
Because the percentage is so near 100%, this fraction is useful in contexts where you want to express something that is almost complete, like a test score or a production yield. The simple conversion makes it easy to compare with other percentages.