When you ask, “What is 9/33 as a percentage?” the answer is 27.27%. This is the rounded value you’ll see on most calculators and reports.
The fraction 9/33 can be reduced to 3/11, which shows it’s a simple part of a whole. As a decimal it repeats as 0.2727…, and when we turn that into a percentage we get the same 27.27%.
In everyday situations, you might use this percentage to compare parts of a group. For example, if 9 out of 33 students chose pizza for lunch, about 27.27% of the class prefers pizza.
Remember, the percentage tells you how many parts out of 100 the fraction represents, and in this case it’s just under a third of the whole.
