When you turn 89/90 into a percent, you get 98.89%. This is the rounded value you’ll see on most calculators and reports.
The fraction 89/90 is just a little bit less than a whole. Because the denominator is only one more than the numerator, the value is very close to 1, which is why the percentage is near 100 %.
In everyday life, you might see this kind of number when something is almost perfect—like a test score of 89 out of 90 points, or a machine that runs at 98.89 % efficiency. It tells you that only a tiny part is missing.
