9/25 = 36%
A value like 9/25, or 36%, might describe how many people in a small group prefer a certain snack or chose a particular answer in a survey. For example, it could mean 9 people out of 25 picked the same option.
To picture 36% quickly, imagine a hundred-square grid with about 36 squares shaded. That’s a little more than one-third of the whole.
A common mistake is to read 9/25 as 9%, but the 25 tells you the size of the whole group. The fraction means 9 parts out of 25 total parts, not 9 parts out of 100.
