In general it is not. Some people find fractions easy to work with while others prefer percentages. Personally, I prefer fractions because they are precise whereas percentages can entail non-terminating decimals or truncation - either of which can introduce small errors which can build up in complicated calculations.
Having said that, it is easier to compare percentages because the [implied] denominator is the same: 100.
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Write 5 percent as a fraction is 5/100.
To write 11 percent as a fraction, you divide the percent by 100 and simplify the fraction if possible. In this case, 11 percent is written as 11/100.
50 percent can be written as the following fraction: 1/2
101 percent in fraction form = 101/100
0.036 percent as a reduced fraction = 9/25000