Speaker: When you split a whole thing into parts you get fractions. When you divide a whole into 2 equal parts, you get 2 halves. Even if they don't look the same shape, if the 2 parts are equal ...

Testing showed fewer children in their final year of primary school would meet the new curriculum's expectations.

That's 3 eggs. 20% is the same as 20 out of 100 and you can always write a percentage as a fraction. 63% is 63 out of 100 or 63 hundredths. Speaker: We come across percentages a lot in everyday life.