0.2916666 is a fraction. It is a fraction in decimal form rather than in the form of a ratio. However, that does not stop it being a fraction. And, since it is a decimal fraction, there is not another simpler decimal form. Its equivalent, in rational form, is 2916666/10000000. You can simplify this rational fraction if you so wish.
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I assume you mean that the 6 repeats. You need to call your number "x", and then write:(1) x = 0.2916666...
(2) 10x = 2.9166666...
Subtract equation (1) from equation (2), and solve for "x". This will give you "x" as a fraction.
Note: Since there is only one repeating digit, you multiply by 10. If there are two repeating digits, you multiply by 100, etc.
Every fraction is an equivalent fraction: each fraction in decimal form has an equivalent rational fraction as well as an equivalent percentage fraction.
A fraction that has a different sign to the first fraction.
Divide the fraction by 100, and you will get the percentage of a fraction.
Or both. That's a complex fraction.
The number below the fraction bar in a fraction is the denominator. The number above the fraction bar is the numerator.